Complete Works of Edward Burrough, Volume 6
Burrough's mission writings — his accounts of Quaker ministry in Ireland, his addresses to the people of London, and his writings from the years of growing persecution as the Restoration brought new dangers to Friends.
- Volume 6 of 7
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About This Edition
Edward Burrough was among the first Friends to carry the Quaker message beyond England. This sixth volume collects his writings from his time in Ireland — where he and Francis Howgill together established Quaker meetings that would survive centuries of persecution — as well as his major public addresses to the citizens of London. These texts show Burrough at full maturity as a preacher and writer, his voice combining prophetic urgency with pastoral care in a way that only comes from years of ministry.
The latter writings in this volume were composed under the shadow of the Restoration. When Charles II returned to England in 1660, the brief window of relative toleration closed. Friends faced new legislation specifically designed to suppress them. Burrough responded with characteristic boldness, addressing both the king and Parliament in documents that rank among the finest arguments for religious liberty produced in seventeenth-century England. He would be arrested and die in Newgate within three years of the Restoration. These writings are his testament.
