Paets, Adrian, his argument against revelation, ii. 143.
---- answered by R. Barclay and others, ii. 144 to 160.
Page, John, mayor of Plymouth, his unjust treatment of M. Halhead,
and T. Salthouse, i. 134.
---- makes excuse for it in a letter to general Desborough, who is
little satisfied with it, i. 134.
Papists endeavour to make proselytes of Quakers, i. 315.
---- statutes made against them, executed against Quakers, ii. 19.
Parker, Alexander, an early minister, i. 118.
---- his death and character, ii. 235.
Parnel, James, a youth of sixteen visiting G. Fox in Carlisle
dungeon, is convinced, and afterwards becomes a powerful minister
of the gospel, i. 85.
---- born at Retford, and trained up in literature, i. 124.
---- imprisoned at Cambridge; disputes with the scholars, and is
rudely treated; goes to a fast at Coggeshall; reasons with and
confounds priest Willis, though but about eighteen years of age;
he is sent to Colchester prison, and from thence to Chelmsford
sessions, chained night and day with felons and murderers, i.
125, 126.
---- is indicted, fined, and sent back to Colchester castle; i. 126.
---- cruelty exercised towards him there, proves the cause of his
death, i. 127.
Pastor, independent, preaching against the Quakers, falls down as
dead, brought again to life, but never to his right senses, i.
192.
Pattison, M. imprisoned, i. 140.
Peace, the first step thereto is to stand still in the light that
discovers sin and transgressions, i. 73.
Pearson, Anthony, convinced, i. 83.
---- refuses access to G. Fox in Carlisle dungeon, i. 90.
---- one of the first Quakers that preached at London, i. 98.
---- he and T. Aldam visit most of the jails, and get copies of
Friends’ convictions to lay before O. Cromwell, i. 208.
Pembleton, Brian, a New England magistrate, persecutor and
blasphemer, i. 369.
Penn, William, his education and convincement, ii. 77.
---- publishes a book, for which he is committed to the Tower, ii. 82.
---- is tried with Wm. Mead at the Old Bailey, ii. 101.
---- goes into Holland, and travels into Germany, with R. Barclay,
ii. 161.
---- with whom he visits the princess Elizabeth, and travels further
into Germany, ii. 162.
---- writes to the princess Elizabeth, the countess of Hornes, and to
the elector Palatine, ii. 163.
---- goes to Wiewart where he speaks with Anne Maria Schurman, the
Somerdykes, and Peter Yvon the French pastor; goes to Embden,
where he speaks with the burgomaster André, ii. 164.
---- his letter to him against persecution, ii. 165.
---- revisits the princess and countess, ii. 267.
---- disputes at Amsterdam, ii. 168.
---- arrives at Harwich, thence goes to London, ii. 170.
---- writes to the princess, ii. 171.
---- Pennsylvania granted to him and his heirs by king Charles II.
ii. 181.
---- his speech to king James II. on his delivering the address from
the yearly meeting, and the king’s answer, ii. 213.
---- blames the turning out of the fellows of Magdalen College, ii.
216.
---- answers the reflection of his being a Papist, ii. 223.
---- presents an address to queen Anne, ii. 298.
Penn, admiral, sent by the Protector with a fleet to the West Indies,
i. 145.
---- his dying sentiments and advice to his son, ii. 181.
Pennington, Isaac, a prisoner, writes to the king and parliament of
the unreasonableness of persecution, ii. 50.
---- a question proposed by him to both houses of parliament, ii. 52.
---- short account of his convincement, death, and burial, ii. 175.
---- his account of himself, ii. 287 to 292.
Penry, justice, prosecuted on the act against occasional conformity,
ii. 321.
People of God, a summary account of his raising to himself a people
in this nation, of their great suffering, what he has done
for them, and will do, with an exhortation to patience and
steadfastness, i. 291 to 295.
Perfection, recommended by G. Fox, and defended against some
professors, i. 93.
Perrot, John, travels into Italy with J. Love; is imprisoned at Rome,
and released, i. 282.
---- gives way to vain imaginations, i. 316.
---- and abandons his profession, i. 317.
---- his answers to alderman Brown, i. 378.
---- said to be the author of a paper fathered by Rogers’s party on
E. Burrough, ii. 190.
Persecution at Bristol, i. 102.
---- in New England, i. 180.
---- is contrary to Christ, his apostles, and Christianity, i. 183.
---- inexcusable in the professors of religion, i. 204 to 207.
---- protector and council warned against it, i. 208.
---- in London and elsewhere, i. 214.
---- some stop put to it by change of government, i. 287.
---- is very severe throughout England, i. 374, ii. 30, 40.
---- is at a stand, which displeases some churchmen, ii. 89.
---- is renewed, ii. 93, 98.
---- rages in the country, ii. 100.
---- many instances of it, ii. 110 to 114.
---- a stop put to it, ii. 230.
Persecutors, their dismal fate, ii. 76, 135, 186.
---- excellent advice to them, ii. 221.
---- J. Batt dies penitent, ii. 265.
---- wretched end of Alexander Ruddock, ii. 266.
Petition of the Quakers to king James II. ii. 194.
---- two papers presented to him, in one of which was the number of
prisoners in every county, ii. 197 to 199.
Physicians should be in the wisdom of God, by which the creatures
were made, if they would know their virtues, i. 31.
Pistol, one held to G. Fox’s breast would not go off, and the man
went away trembling, i. 77.
Plain speech required of G. Fox, i. 32.
---- reasons for using it, i. 32, 315.
Plays, shows wakes, May-games, &c. testified against by G. Fox, i. 34.
Pope, Innocent XI. two letters to him, with queries to him by G. Fox,
ii. 175.
Pope, Blanche, confuted by G. Fox, i. 410.
Popery, the parliament advise the king to suppress the growth of it,
ii. 133.
Popish plot discovered, ii. 174.
Porter, Henry, commits G. Fox to Lancaster prison, i. 274.
Prayer, G. Fox’s paper concerning, ii. 210.
Preachers in 1652, are 25 in number, and every where meet with
opposition, i. 79.
Preaching of the Quakers, at first of what it consisted, i. 26.
Press, Quakers considerations on the bill to restrain it, ii. 278.
Preston, Thomas, his wife makes her servant beat M. Halhead for
passing by her without greeting: she sometime after dies in a
miserable condition, i. 86, 87.
---- her servant much troubled with what he had done; three years
after begs forgiveness, i. 87.
Presumption of the church of Rome, i. 315, 316.
Pretences for imprisoning Quakers groundless and frivolous, i. 135,
136, 148, and sequel.
Pride, a warning to young people against it, ii. 292, 293.
Priests endeavour to persuade people that there is no possibility of
being freed from sin in this life, i. 38.
---- how they deceived the people, i. 55.
---- when they heard of G. Fox’s coming, they would hide themselves,
i. 60.
---- they possess not what they speak of to others, i. 71.
---- have not the word of the Lord, as the prophets and apostles had,
i. 74.
---- fruits of their ministry, i. 78.
---- they stir up to persecution, i. 102, 103, 213.
---- their lives and practices disagree with their doctrine, i. 137.
---- why they are sometimes treated a little roughly, i. 137.
---- their domineering pride and covetousness, ii. 56.
Prince, Thomas, governor of Plymouth, his barbarous expression
concerning the Quakers, i. 248.
Prisoners to lie long in a jail dangerous to their morals, i. 54.
---- some very wicked ones are kind to G. Fox, and become converts,
i. 84.
Professors of the light, Quakers were formerly so called, i. 39.
Prophesy of the priests, that the Quakers would be all gone in half a
year, i. 76.
Prophetical warnings, sayings, and passages, i. 115.
---- of G. Fox to colonel Hacker, i. 116.
---- of B. Blaugdone to judge Pepes at Dublin, i. 131.
---- of a woman before the parliament, i. 207.
---- of Cromwell’s fall, by T. Aldam, i. 208.
---- by E. Burrough, i. 208, 209, 216, 231, 232, 235 to 245.
---- of G. Fox, jun. to the parliament and army, i. 262.
---- of W. Christison to captain Adderton, i. 304.
---- and to the court of Boston, i. 308.
---- of G. Fox, jun. to his friends, i. 307.
---- of C. Evans, i. 321, 329, 332.
---- of F. Howgill, i. 384.
---- of G. Bishop to the king and parliament, ii. 40.
Proselytes, Jesuits endeavour to make them from among the Quakers,
but in vain, i. 316.
Puritans, when so called, i. 17.
Pursloe, captain, rejoices for the spreading of the truth, i. 63.
Pyot, Edward, fellow traveller with G. Fox, is taken into custody at
Ives, i. 148.
---- was formerly a captain, writes to judge Glyn, i. 153.