I'm holding your curiosity and willingness to discover Isaac Penington in the Light. May your journey with Penington awaken or strengthen the manifestation of the true Principle within you. I suggest you spend at least two years in Penington before venturing into anything other people say about him. It is a blessing that so much of his writings are available directly so that we do not have to depend on what others say about him.
I prefer the Google facsimiles. You may download them to your devices and read them offline. I remember some of my first literary conversations with Penington many many years ago tucked away in in a cubby hole in the University of Michigan's law library. He is a colleague in life.
Deepen down and feel for the foundation!
Here are links to the four volumes of "The Works of Issac Penington" in google books.
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Hello Harry,
I'm holding your curiosity and willingness to discover Isaac Penington in the Light. May your journey with Penington awaken or strengthen the manifestation of the true Principle within you. I suggest you spend at least two years in Penington before venturing into anything other people say about him. It is a blessing that so much of his writings are available directly so that we do not have to depend on what others say about him.
I prefer the Google facsimiles. You may download them to your devices and read them offline. I remember some of my first literary conversations with Penington many many years ago tucked away in in a cubby hole in the University of Michigan's law library. He is a colleague in life.
Deepen down and feel for the foundation!
Here are links to the four volumes of "The Works of Issac Penington" in google books.
Volume One
https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=bocBHRjRH1MC&pg=GBS.PP7
Volume Two
https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=JKPR0ZrNtDkC&pg=GBS.PP5
Volume Three
https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=WWvMg5zo7C8C&pg=GBS.PP5
Volume Four
https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=ftTyW4NeCH8C&pg=GBS.PP7
In the Presence,
Keith
Hello, Harry! Be aware that Isaac Penington (the Quaker) was also the son of Isaac Penington (the Puritan).
For starters, try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Penington_(Quaker)
Then see http://www.hallvworthington.com/Pennington/PenningtonBio-1.html
for his memoirs.
Quaker Heritage Press has published *The Works of Isaac Penington*: http://www.qhpress.org/texts/penington/
I hope these references will help!
Bill Rushby