The Friends' Library, 9. köideWilliam Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1845 |
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... truth as held by the people called Quakers , My understanding was enlightened when I received my education in the same profession . very young , to see both my own deficiencies My mother , who was an industrious , care- in duty , and ...
... truth as held by the people called Quakers , My understanding was enlightened when I received my education in the same profession . very young , to see both my own deficiencies My mother , who was an industrious , care- in duty , and ...
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... truth is truth , unchangeably excellent , holy , pure and perfectly good . It leads to every thing that is best , and upholds in it , and rewards for every act and instance of self - denial in obedience to its dictates.- Ever worthy to ...
... truth is truth , unchangeably excellent , holy , pure and perfectly good . It leads to every thing that is best , and upholds in it , and rewards for every act and instance of self - denial in obedience to its dictates.- Ever worthy to ...
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... Truth hath ever led to integ- which he had done nothing to forfeit , and rity , punctuality and upright dealing in our assistance offered him for doing it . Where- outward affairs , and to limit ourselves to upon he was prevailed with ...
... Truth hath ever led to integ- which he had done nothing to forfeit , and rity , punctuality and upright dealing in our assistance offered him for doing it . Where- outward affairs , and to limit ourselves to upon he was prevailed with ...
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... truth and righteousness . I might give some account of my services and of good effects arising from my obeying the divine manifestation ; but accounts of that kind I leave to those who have steered more steadily than I have done , and ...
... truth and righteousness . I might give some account of my services and of good effects arising from my obeying the divine manifestation ; but accounts of that kind I leave to those who have steered more steadily than I have done , and ...
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... truth . But when this preparation has been want- ing , and inattention and absence of mind have taken place , then we have been barren as the dry heath ; and like the earth , covered with darkness , without form and void , when the ...
... truth . But when this preparation has been want- ing , and inattention and absence of mind have taken place , then we have been barren as the dry heath ; and like the earth , covered with darkness , without form and void , when the ...
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Page 228 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 350 - And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
Page 357 - God ; being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ : whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God ; to declare, I say, at this time, his righteousness : that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 412 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 343 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet ; for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee, delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee...
Page 361 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 359 - Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.
Page 382 - Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
Page 374 - Ah, Lord God' behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." But the Lord said unto me, "Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 36 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.