Some Records of the Early Friends in Surrey and Sussex: From the Original Minute-books and Other SourcesS. Harris & Company, 1886 - 162 pages |
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... " and desires each particular meeting to " remind friends thereof and excite the keeping up of that meeting . " ( G. viii . 1696 ) . date of that minute . It has been suggested that CHAP . II . ] 11 Guildford Monthly Meeting .
... " and desires each particular meeting to " remind friends thereof and excite the keeping up of that meeting . " ( G. viii . 1696 ) . date of that minute . It has been suggested that CHAP . II . ] 11 Guildford Monthly Meeting .
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... thereof amoung themselves & to stay for ye Repayment of ye same till friends generally do Concent thertoo . The which this meeting have nothing against . " ( G. vi . 1672. ) About two years after , to accomplish this , it was agreed ...
... thereof amoung themselves & to stay for ye Repayment of ye same till friends generally do Concent thertoo . The which this meeting have nothing against . " ( G. vi . 1672. ) About two years after , to accomplish this , it was agreed ...
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... thereof this Meeting is much Concarned to find so much Slackness and Desires that Every Member will Stur up his friend to more Dilligance for the future . " ( G. x . 1722. ) This no doubt related to the mid - week Meeting , as in the ...
... thereof this Meeting is much Concarned to find so much Slackness and Desires that Every Member will Stur up his friend to more Dilligance for the future . " ( G. x . 1722. ) This no doubt related to the mid - week Meeting , as in the ...
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... thereof , I threw the cards into the fire , declaring that I would never own a pack of cards again as long as I lived . " He now came under serious conviction , and went through much conflict of spirit , wandering about in solitary ...
... thereof , I threw the cards into the fire , declaring that I would never own a pack of cards again as long as I lived . " He now came under serious conviction , and went through much conflict of spirit , wandering about in solitary ...
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... thereof this Meeting is much Concarned to find so much Slackness and Desires that Every Member will Stur up his friend to more Dilligance for the future . " ( G. x . 1722. ) This no doubt related to the mid - week Meeting , as in the ...
... thereof this Meeting is much Concarned to find so much Slackness and Desires that Every Member will Stur up his friend to more Dilligance for the future . " ( G. x . 1722. ) This no doubt related to the mid - week Meeting , as in the ...
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agreed Ambrose Rigge amongst answer appears appointed attend Binscomb Blatt blessed brethren called Capill Charlwood Christ Church Cowfold desire doth East Grinstead father following minute George Fox give Godalming Guildford Monthly Meeting hath Horsham Monthly Meeting Ifield Jesus John Croker John Shaw King letter living London Lord Wilmot Mackellow Meeting at Guildford Meeting for discipline Meeting for Sufferings Meeting for Worship Meeting held Meeting House Meeting of Dorking meeting-house minister minute-book month Nathaniel Owen Nutfield oath occasion paper parish Patchgate peace poor pounds Preparative Meetings priest prison Quakers Quarterly Meeting recorded Reigate relating Richard Rygate says severall shillings Shipley soul spirit steeple house Surrey Sussex taken tender Testimony Thakeham thee thereof things Thomas Thomas Blatt thou tithes Truth Tythes unity unto wife William Penn words Worminghurst Worplesdon ye Lord Yearly Meeting
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Page 82 - Lord thine oaths, but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 133 - ... the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
Page 93 - ... which yet were many. God knows, and thou knowest it, I can say it was a match of Providence's making...
Page 82 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Page 83 - I, AB, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare that the taking of any oath is, according to my religious belief, unlawful ; and I do also solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm and declare...
Page 12 - Stitch away, thou noble Fox : every prick of that little instrument is pricking into the heart of Slavery, and World-worship, and the Mammon-god.
Page 95 - And telling him how some of the gentry, who had been to visit him, were gone to their games, and sports, and pleasures, and how little consideration the children of men had of God and their latter end, and how much happier he was in this weakness to have been otherwise educated and preserved from those temptations to vanity, he answered, ' It is all stuff, my dear father : it is sad stuff. Oh that I might live to tell them so !
Page 59 - But it being low water and the vessel lying dry, I and my Lord Wilmot got up with a ladder into her, and went and lay down in the little cabin, till the tide came to fetch us off.
Page 95 - Another time, when I went to meeting, at parting he said, " Remember me my dear father, before the Lord. Though I cannot go to meetings, yet I have many good meetings. The Lord comes in upon my spirit. I have heavenly meetings with Him by myself.
Page 95 - ... look to good things! Poor child, there is no comfort without it! One drop of the love of God is worth more than all the world. I know it. I have tasted, it. I have felt as much or more of the love of God in this weakness than in all my life before.' At another time as I stood by him he looked up upon me, and said, ' Dear father, sit by me ! I love thy company, and I know thou lovest mine ; and, if it be the Lord's will that we must part, be not troubled, for that will trouble me.