Hebrews: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
Christ as the true High Priest, the new covenant, and the cloud of witnesses who have gone before. The first volume completed in the Friends Illuminated commentary series — where this project began.
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Bible Commentaries
Verse-by-verse commentary in the light of the Quaker tradition — Scripture opened for the modern reader, book by book.
John: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
The theological cornerstone of Quakerism. John's Gospel gave Friends their central doctrine: "the true Light which lighteth every man" — the Inner Light that became the defining conviction of the…
Romans: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
Justification, the law written on the heart, and the Spirit's witness — Barclay built the Apology largely on Romans. The theological engine of Quaker doctrine, showing how Paul's letter became the…
1 John: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
"God is Light, and in him is no darkness at all." The epistle that gave Quakerism its central metaphor. Walking in the Light is walking in love — and love is the ultimate test of whether spiritual…
Revelation: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
"The Lamb's War." Nayler's famous tract drew its title from Revelation. Early Friends read this book not as future prophecy but as a present spiritual reality — the cosmic battle between Light and…
Matthew: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
The Sermon on the Mount, the Great Commission, and the parables of the Kingdom — the Gospel most cited in early Quaker preaching, whose ethical demands and vision of inward righteousness shaped the…
Galatians: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
Freedom from outward forms, life in the Spirit, and the fruit of righteousness. Fox's declaration that "Christ has come to teach his people himself" echoes Galatians throughout — the charter of…
James: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
"Faith without works is dead." James's insistence on practical righteousness, care for the poor, and integrity of speech mirrors the Quaker testimonies exactly — making this brief letter a touchstone…
Isaiah: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
The prophet of justice, mercy, and the suffering servant — themes central to Quaker faith. Fox and Penington returned to Isaiah constantly, finding in its pages both prophetic challenge and messianic…
Jeremiah: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
The weeping prophet who confronted false religion and spoke of the new covenant written on the heart — the passage most quoted by early Friends when explaining what made Quakerism different from all…
1 Corinthians: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
"The foolishness of God is wiser than men." Paul's letter on spiritual gifts, gathered worship, and the nature of the body of Christ — texts Friends debated intensely as they worked out the practice…
Acts: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
The primitive church in action — the model Friends sought to restore. Spirit-led ministry, communal sharing, and bold witness in the face of persecution are the themes of Acts and of early Quaker…
2 Corinthians: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
"We have this treasure in earthen vessels." Paul's most personal epistle — on suffering as the ground of authentic ministry, the new covenant of the Spirit, and the integrity that must mark all who…
Micah: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
"What does the Lord require of thee?" Micah's call to justice, mercy, and humble walking with God became a defining text for the Quaker peace testimony and the movement's social witness.
Luke: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
The Gospel of the outcast, the poor, and the Spirit's anointing. Luke's emphasis on social justice and the work of the Holy Spirit resonated deeply with Quaker testimony and their sense of…
Ephesians: A Friends Illuminated Commentary
The whole armor of God, the mystery of Christ, and the church as one body in whom all distinction dissolves. Penn drew deeply on Ephesians for his vision of holy community and the spiritual warfare…
Journals & Memoirs
First-person lives of the Friends — convincement, ministry, suffering, and faithful witness.
The Journal of George Fox
The unabridged, modernized edition of the foundational text of Quakerism — Fox's own account of his spiritual seeking, his encounters with Christ as living teacher, and his role in building a…
The Journal of John Woolman
The quiet revolutionary whose conscience moved a nation — Woolman's Journal is one of the most influential spiritual autobiographies in American literature, and the document that helped persuade the…
The Christian Progress of George Whitehead
George Whitehead's spiritual autobiography — the life and sufferings of the last of the early Quaker Publishers of Truth, who pleaded the cause of Friends before four English monarchs — in a modern…
The Life of Thomas Ellwood, Volume 1
The autobiography of Milton's Quaker friend — one of the most charming personal narratives in English Quaker literature, following Ellwood's turbulent conversion, his imprisonment, his years as…
A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story, Volume I: Convincement & Ministry
The first volume of the Journal of Thomas Story (c. 1670–1742), the Cumberland lawyer who became one of the great Quaker ministers: his dream of five lights, his convincement at Carlisle and famous…
The Truth Exalted: The Journal of John Burnyeat
The journal of John Burnyeat (1631–1690), the Cumberland farmer who became the chief builder of Irish Quakerism. Convinced in 1653, he crossed the Atlantic twice, helped answer Roger Williams in the…
Strength in Weakness Manifest: The Life, Testimony & Sufferings of a Quaker Woman
The spiritual autobiography of Elizabeth Stirredge (1634–1706), a Quaker woman of Gloucestershire: her convincement under the Valiant Sixty, her divinely-appointed journey to warn King Charles II…
A Short History of a Long Travel from Babylon to Bethel
Stephen Crisp's beloved allegory of the soul's pilgrimage — a seeker leaves his father's house in search of the house of God, is misled by a hired guide into a painted house full of contention…
The Faithful Testimony of William Dewsbury: His Life, Epistles and Writings
The collected life and writings of William Dewsbury (c. 1621–1688), one of the Valiant Sixty and a founder of the People Called Quakers. A Yorkshire farm servant turned soldier turned prophet…
A Testimony of Divine Grace: The Life of Mary Penington
One of the finest first-person accounts of the long Puritan-to-Quaker spiritual journey — the autobiography of a woman who searched through every form of religion available to her before finding what…
History & Sufferings
The story of the people called Quakers — their rise, and the price they paid for it.
The History of the Quakers, Volume I: The Rise
William Sewel's classic History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers — for two centuries the standard account of early Quakerism, written from within by a…
A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers, Volume I
Joseph Besse's monumental record of Quaker persecution — a county-by-county ledger of the fines, distraints, and imprisonments visited upon early Friends for the testimony of a good conscience.…
Theology, Letters & Tracts
The doctrinal and pastoral writings at the heart of early Quaker thought.
An Apology for the True Christian Divinity
The definitive systematic defense of Quaker faith — Robert Barclay's fifteen propositions on revelation, the inward light, justification, worship, and the ground of true religion, now in clear modern…
The Works of Isaac Penington, Volume I
The opening volume of Penington's collected works — his earliest tracts, testimonies, and letters, establishing the foundational arguments of his mystical theology and his vision of the inward life…
The Works of Isaac Penington, Volume II
The heart of Penington's theological output — 28 discourses on worship, covenant theology, ecclesiology, religious liberty, and the nature of the spiritual life, written during the years of heaviest…
The Works of Isaac Penington, Volume III
The third volume of Penington's collected works — thirteen theological tracts and sixty-two letters, the most personal and pastorally rich volume in the set.
The Works of Isaac Penington, Volume IV
The fourth and final volume of Penington's collected works — sixteen theological tracts and seventy-seven letters, completing the most comprehensive edition of his writings ever prepared.
No Cross, No Crown
The masterwork of Quaker devotional literature — written by William Penn in the Tower of London — arguing that true Christianity requires the daily cross of self-denial, not mere assent to doctrine.
A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers
William Penn's classic account of the Quaker movement — from creation through apostasy to the rise of Friends — written as a preface to George Fox's Journal and still the finest introduction to early…
Salvation by Christ
Job Scott's controversial theological essays arguing that salvation is an inward, experiential process — not merely a historical transaction at Calvary.
The Dawnings of the Gospel Day, Volume I: The Early Tracts
The collected early writings of Francis Howgill (1618–1668), one of the Valiant Sixty and a great pillar of the first generation of Friends. Gathered from the 1676 folio, this first volume brings…
The Collected Tracts of Richard Farnsworth, Volume I: The Spirit Speaking in Man
Five tracts by Richard Farnsworth (c. 1630–1666), one of the Valiant Sixty and an early companion of George Fox. Spanning 1654 to 1663, they defend the convictions of the first Quakers: the inward…
A Collection of the Several Books and Writings of Richard Hubberthorne, Volume I: The Testimony & Early Controversial Tracts
The controversial and testimonial writings of Richard Hubberthorne (c. 1628–1662), one of the first generation of Quaker ministers, who finished his life a prisoner in Newgate. Volume I gathers his…
The Collected Works of Edward Burrough
The complete writings of the “Son of Thunder” — all seven volumes, now available.
Complete Works of Edward Burrough, Volume 1
The opening volume of Edward Burrough's collected writings — the earliest tracts of the Quaker movement's most electrifying voice, a young preacher who shook England before dying in Newgate Prison at…
Complete Works of Edward Burrough, Volume 2
The second volume of Burrough's collected works — his sustained debates with priests, professors, and opponents of the Quaker movement, marking him as one of the most formidable controversialists of…
Complete Works of Edward Burrough, Volume 3
Burrough's letters to rulers and magistrates — his bold addresses to Parliament, Oliver Cromwell, and the city authorities who persecuted Friends, demanding freedom of conscience and the rule of…
Complete Works of Edward Burrough, Volume 4
Burrough's epistles to Friends — the pastoral letters in which the thundering controversialist reveals his gentler face, nurturing the gathered communities of Quakers who looked to him for guidance…
Complete Works of Edward Burrough, Volume 5
Burrough's doctrinal writings — his most sustained theological arguments for the central tenets of Quaker faith: the Inward Light, direct revelation, the priesthood of all believers, and the…
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…
Complete Works of Edward Burrough, Volume 7
The final volume of Burrough's collected works — his last writings from captivity, his farewell letters to Friends, and the testimonies of those who witnessed his death in Newgate Prison at the age…
Scripture & Sacred History
The biblical narrative, gathered and retold for the modern reader.
Sacred History, Volume I: The Old Testament
Thomas Ellwood's Sacred History — the whole sweep of the Old Testament narrative gathered out of the Scriptures and digested into due method with respect to order of time and place. Volume I carries…
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