{"id":2872,"date":"2022-04-28T10:46:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T09:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=2872"},"modified":"2023-02-09T15:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:27:12","slug":"from-quaker-faith-and-practice-24-21","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/may-2022\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-24-21\/","title":{"rendered":"From Quaker Faith and Practice 24.21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The dilemmas of the pacifist stand<\/h4>\n

I speak not against any magistrates or peoples defending themselves against foreign invasions; or making use of the sword to suppress the violent and evil-doers within their borders \u2013 for this the present estate of things may and doth require, and a great blessing will attend the sword where it is borne uprightly to that end and its use will be honourable \u2026 but yet there is a better state, which the Lord hath already brought some into, and which nations are to expect and to travel towards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Isaac Penington, 1661<\/strong>
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