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No Cross, No Crown

Name: No Cross, No Crown
Author: William Penn

William Penn

No Cross, No Crown is one of the chief works of William Penn, first published in 1669. It was written during Penn's imprisonment in the Tower of London.

“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”

William Penn book No Cross, No Crown

No Cross, No Crown (1682)

“True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.”

William Penn book No Cross, No Crown

No Cross, No Crown (1682)

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