The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers: Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrences, Volume 1Baker & Crane, 1844 - Society of Friends |
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... judge by refer- ence to the same authorities from which the compiler obtained his informa- tion . This brief explanation . seemed necessary , lest he might be accused of presumption by many , who would as a matter of course be ignorant ...
... judge by refer- ence to the same authorities from which the compiler obtained his informa- tion . This brief explanation . seemed necessary , lest he might be accused of presumption by many , who would as a matter of course be ignorant ...
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... filial affection and gratitude , and it is a question which we leave to those , who are best able to judge by experience , whether the impressions of which MEMOIR . vii WILLIAM SEWEL was the son of Jacob Williamson Sewel and ...
... filial affection and gratitude , and it is a question which we leave to those , who are best able to judge by experience , whether the impressions of which MEMOIR . vii WILLIAM SEWEL was the son of Jacob Williamson Sewel and ...
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Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrences William Sewel. to judge by experience , whether the impressions of which he speaks may not have been as powerful and beneficial in their effects , as was his judgment , towards maturing ...
Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrences William Sewel. to judge by experience , whether the impressions of which he speaks may not have been as powerful and beneficial in their effects , as was his judgment , towards maturing ...
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... judge not commendable . Also it may happen that some again , from a godly fear , have acted or omitted what others , no less pious , would not have scrupled . And though some among the Quakers , in the beginning of their rise , for fear ...
... judge not commendable . Also it may happen that some again , from a godly fear , have acted or omitted what others , no less pious , would not have scrupled . And though some among the Quakers , in the beginning of their rise , for fear ...
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... excuse me with discreet persons . What the envious may judge of this work , I little care for , well knowing that the most eminent authors have been exposed to envy xxii . PREFACE . And these, to pursue their wicked ends, would ...
... excuse me with discreet persons . What the envious may judge of this work , I little care for , well knowing that the most eminent authors have been exposed to envy xxii . PREFACE . And these, to pursue their wicked ends, would ...
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Page 395 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Page xvii - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Page 341 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 390 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 327 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure as impious and heretical this damnable doctrine and position, that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope or any authority of the see of Rome may be deposed or murdered by their subjects or any other whatsoever.
Page 214 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Page 300 - ... a liberty to tender consciences, and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matter of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom; and that we shall be ready to consent to such an Act of Parliament as, upon mature deliberation, shall be offered to us, for the full granting that indulgence.
Page 149 - And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : the same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation.
Page 327 - God and the world that our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful King of this realm and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging.
Page 37 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.