Persecuted for his tenets, he was frequently imprisoned for his preaching and writings.

In 1668 he wrote _Truth Exalted_ and _The Sandy Foundation_, and when imprisoned for these, he wrote in jail his most famous work, _No Cross, no Crown_.
After the expulsion of James II., Penn was repeatedly tried and acquitted for alleged attempts to aid the king in recovering his throne.

The malignity of Lord Macaulay has reproduced the charges, but reversed, most unjustly, the acquittals.

His record occupies a large space in American history, and he is reverenced for having established a great colony on the basis of brotherly love.

Poor and infirm, he died in 1718.
ROBERT BARCLAY, who was born in 1648, is only mentioned in this connection on account of his Latin apology for the Quakers, written in 1676, and translated since into English.
JOHN BUNYAN .-- Among the curious religious outcroppings of the civil war, none is more striking and singular than John Bunyan.