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PHILADELPHIANS , a See also:sect of religious mystics, founded in See also:London in the latter See also:part of the 17th See also:century. In 1652 Dr See also:John Pordage (1607-1681), See also:rector' of Bradfield, See also:Berkshire, gathered together a few followers of See also:Jakob See also:Boehme, the See also:chief of whom was Jane See also:Lead or Leade (nee See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward; 1623-1704). Pordage was ejected from his living by the See also:Triers in 1655, but was restored in 166o. Mrs Leade had been from girlhood of a mystical temperament, and experienced phantasms which she recorded in a See also:diary entitled A See also:Fountain of Gardens, beginning in 167o, in which See also:year the Philadelphian society was definitely organized. She See also:drew up for it " The See also:Laws of See also:Paradise," which show that the enterprise was designed " to advance the See also:Kingdom of See also:God by improving the See also:life, teaching the loftiest morality, and enforcing the See also:duty of universal brotherhood, See also:peace and love." Its members had a strong faith in what they called the " Divine Secrets," the wonders of God and nature, the profound spiritual experiences of regeneration and soul-resurrection, and the second See also:Advent. In 1693 some of Mrs Leade's writings were translated into Dutch, and by this means and her acquaintance with See also:Francis See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee (1661-1719), an See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford See also:scholar who studied See also:medicine at See also:Leiden and became her son-in-See also:law, a connexion was opened up with See also:Germany and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland. In 1703 the Philadelphians drew up their See also:confession, but they made no further progress and soon declined. The Holland See also:branch withdrew, and the See also:English See also:government forbade the society to meet. For many years, however, a considerable number of See also:people regarded Mrs Leade's visions, which were published in a See also:long See also:series of writings, as proofs of her divine calling. In her later years she had a severe struggle with poverty, which was relieved by a See also:pension granted by See also:Baron Kniphausen.
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