The Select Works of William Penn, Volume 1W. Phillips, 1825 - Society of Friends |
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... body prepared of God for that very end , that the way which leads to ever- lasting life and rest , was very strait and narrow . My friend , how much may it import the welfare of thy immortal soul , to reflect upon that course of life ...
... body prepared of God for that very end , that the way which leads to ever- lasting life and rest , was very strait and narrow . My friend , how much may it import the welfare of thy immortal soul , to reflect upon that course of life ...
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... body , whether they be good or evil . Excuse my freedom , and accept my acknowledg- ment of former favour , and be assured it shall ever meet with a grateful return from Thy sincere friend , however unknown , Rickmersworth , 1673 ...
... body , whether they be good or evil . Excuse my freedom , and accept my acknowledg- ment of former favour , and be assured it shall ever meet with a grateful return from Thy sincere friend , however unknown , Rickmersworth , 1673 ...
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... bodies in his keeping , that in his fear and love you may live towards him and one another the remainder of your days : so ... body , yet well known in spirit , by that eternal living union and fellowship that the light of the Lord Jesus ...
... bodies in his keeping , that in his fear and love you may live towards him and one another the remainder of your days : so ... body , yet well known in spirit , by that eternal living union and fellowship that the light of the Lord Jesus ...
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... body and soul , earth and heaven , this world and that to come , differs : there can be no reason to persecute any man in this world , about any thing that belongs to the next . " Who art thou ( saith the holy scripture , in this case ...
... body and soul , earth and heaven , this world and that to come , differs : there can be no reason to persecute any man in this world , about any thing that belongs to the next . " Who art thou ( saith the holy scripture , in this case ...
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... body , soul , and spirit ; and by bodily sufferings for the truth , he is glorified . Look to the accomplishing of the will of God in these things , that the measure of Christ's sufferings may be filled up in us , who bear about the ...
... body , soul , and spirit ; and by bodily sufferings for the truth , he is glorified . Look to the accomplishing of the will of God in these things , that the measure of Christ's sufferings may be filled up in us , who bear about the ...
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Page 551 - And why take ye thought for raiment. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 551 - Therefore I say unto you ; Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 238 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 252 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.
Page 254 - ... (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified : for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to...
Page 466 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 292 - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world...
Page 249 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 554 - For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, Godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Page 6 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.