The Doctrines of Friends, Or The Principles of the Christian Religion, as Held by the Society of FriendsMountpleasant, Ohio, printed, 1829 |
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... practice of sin , are abundantly prevalent among those who are destitute of this knowledge ? For the grand enemy of man's happiness is not limited in his operations , to any class of the human family . And upon every principle of sound ...
... practice of sin , are abundantly prevalent among those who are destitute of this knowledge ? For the grand enemy of man's happiness is not limited in his operations , to any class of the human family . And upon every principle of sound ...
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... practice of vir- tue , and make as decided distinctions between virtuous and vicious characters as others . This too , is a de- parture from their principle ; and it is well for the human family that this departure is made . They preach ...
... practice of vir- tue , and make as decided distinctions between virtuous and vicious characters as others . This too , is a de- parture from their principle ; and it is well for the human family that this departure is made . They preach ...
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... practice , are certainly bound to support their faith and practice by plain and clear declarations of Scripture , and not by forced construction : and espe- cially as this construction would militate against the whole scope of Scripture ...
... practice , are certainly bound to support their faith and practice by plain and clear declarations of Scripture , and not by forced construction : and espe- cially as this construction would militate against the whole scope of Scripture ...
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... practice to a Divine command , earlier than the time of Moses ; yet the uni- versal adoption of it by the religious of all ages , is a strong implication that it was of Divine origin , instituted in reference to that ' one Offering , by ...
... practice to a Divine command , earlier than the time of Moses ; yet the uni- versal adoption of it by the religious of all ages , is a strong implication that it was of Divine origin , instituted in reference to that ' one Offering , by ...
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... practices which have prevailed amongst men ! There is no man possessing any religious feeling , or even the common exercise of reason , who would not revolt from such a train of conclusions . And yet they all inevitably follow from the ...
... practices which have prevailed amongst men ! There is no man possessing any religious feeling , or even the common exercise of reason , who would not revolt from such a train of conclusions . And yet they all inevitably follow from the ...
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Page 261 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 34 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 176 - I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit : for without Me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Page 37 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 105 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Page 202 - God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Page 108 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles.
Page 72 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 58 - For they are not all Israel which are of Israel : neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children : but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called ; that is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God : but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Page 176 - These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.