Transcriber’s Note

Where particularly ambiguous errors occur, a link has been added to direct the reader to the relevant transcriber note.

The handling of hyphenation of compound words across line breaks is governed by the frequency with which they are hyphenated midline. ‘Steeple-house’ is nearly always hyphenated in midline, and the few outliers that were not have been corrected. ‘Steeplehouse’ occurs consistently in the Index.

The punctuation of the various indexes had a number of lapses, which have been corrected with no further notice here.

As one can see from the list below, the printer was not consistent in the use of the opening quote mark in long, multi-paragraph passages. There were also a number of occasions where a closing quote mark either was missing or illogically added. On rarer occasions, a single quote was employed matching a double quote (and vice versa). These have been added where missing, removed where they were deemed spurious, and corrected where appropriate.

A remark at 103.15 reads more logically if a nested, single-quoted phrase (‘whether they can swear in any other case, as for their cow or horse;[’]...) is closed after ‘horse’, rather than two lines later at 103.17, (...bear witness to the truth.[’]”).

At 429.12, a close paraphrase of Rev. 16-17, is mispunctuated. The passage is best ‘fixed’ by removing the single quote before ‘wretched, pitiful...’.

At 430.9 a single quote appears to have been misplaced (and turned). So (...tithes, ‘did...) makes more sense as (...tithes,’ did...).

Also amended: 20.13 “Nay[,”] (added); 20.37 time.[”] (added); 23.20 [“]I (added); 37.6 [“/‘]If (replaced); 101.10 God,[’] (added); 148.21 evil:[”/’] (replaced); 157.14 [“/‘]Because (replaced); 159.14 [“]My (added); 159.15 [“]To (added); 199.20 teachers.[”] (added); 213.30 [“]The (added); 213.31 [‘]habeas (added); 258.46 him.[”] (added); 286.3 [“]Dear (added); 288.9 style.[”] (removed); 294.39 condemnation,[’] (added); 296.30 “[Friends (added); 323.31 all[”/’] (replaced); 325.35 word.[’] (removed); 355.23 [“]Therefore, (added); 342.26 [“]My (added); 363.5 all;[”/’] (replaced); 370.17 [“]Therefore (added); 370.44 one.[”/’] (replaced); 373.23 [“]Dear (added); 384.45 [“/‘]It (replaced); 385.11 ashamed.[’] (added); 387.25 me[”] (add—probable); 388.6 [‘/“]Who (replaced); 405.20 silence.[’] (added); 412.2 [“]I read (added); 414.6 shop;’[”] (added); 414.46 God.[’/”] (replaced); 425.17 [‘]therefore (added); 445.10 land,[’] (removed); 456.25 [‘]The (removed); 469.24 me,[’] (added); 480.21 least;[”/’] (replaced); 491.41 [‘]And (added); 495.31 [“]Now (added); 496.43 “]Now (added); 501.3 [“]As (added); 501.19 [“]All (added).

At 396.10, the title of a ‘small book’, “The Saints’ heavenly and spiritual worship, unity, and communion, &c., wherein...”, ends after a lengthy subtitle beginning with ‘wherein’. The use of ‘&c.’ could seen as an ellision of the title, with the remaining text simply a description. Modern references replace the ‘&c.’ with ellipses, and end there.

At 406.28, a closing quote has no opening. However, rhe entire phrase is a close paraphrase of Joel ii. 28, and the quote has been removed.

At 564.51, an index reference for Francis Howgill includes page number without an indication of volume: ‘with G. Fox at Swarthmore, 99, i. 471’. Howgill is not mentioned on page 99 of either volume.

At 590.14, the index entry for ‘Sufferings’ refers the reader to a topic (‘Imprisonments’) which does not exist.

At 580.37, an asterisk was added ([*]Vice, The, ...) to denote that one of the references is to a footnote in Volume I.

When an index topic references footnotes, the page number is italicized. The following starred page references: (560.45) ii. 198, (565.10) ii. 166, (577.15) i. 149, (589.11) i. 171, (590.9) i. 530, refer to a page where there is no relevant footnote, but the topic may be mentioned in the text itself.

At 589.9, an index topic for ‘Soldiers’, includes a reference to ‘Edmundson’. There are two Edmundsons, John and William, neither of whom are characterized as ex-soldiers, unlike the others in the list.

Other errors, deemed most likely to be the printer’s, have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.

36.42 in his Dictionary, vi[x/z]. Replaced.
58.23 wh[e]re I had neither Inserted.
66.14 to get money out of me[?/,] Probable.
87.3 Monmouthshire[./,] Replaced.
89.14 may [h/b] referred to Replaced.
89.33 the friends of both[./,] Replaced.
91.20 we passed over th[e] hills Restored.
104.25 where on First[ /-]day we had Replaced.
143.9 he would tack about to[o] Added.
209.5 ended his spee[e/c]h Replaced.
231.2 “We love none but ourselves.[’,/”] Replaced.
259.30 had a meeti[t/n]g there Replaced.
260.29 was pretty large and peaceable[.] Added.
272.28 Post[s]cript. Inserted.
314.34 that were not Friends[.\,] Replaced
322.23 not their work, but the angels[,’/’,] Transposed.
378.30 imprisoned at London[.] Added.
380.9 I give thee the th[er/re]shing-floor Tranposed.
406.31 Acts ii[,/.] 17, 18. Replaced.
413.41 e[x]quisite Inserted.
451.20 the blind, [f/l]ame, blemished, or deformed Replaced.
468.6 Prov[,/.] viii. 15. Replaced.
476.33 preserved his[,] faithful to himself Removed.
477.44 where I am[./,] there ye may be also Replaced.
469.32 [“/‘]We have this treasure in earthen vessels,’ Replaced.
514.24 on the First[ /-]day Replaced.
576.3 lantern and candle as a sign[,] Added.
581.23 with G. Fox at Lanc[e/a]ster Replaced.
584.37 [o/i]n him Replaced.