Friends' Miscellany, Volume 12John Comly, Isaac Comly editors, 1839 - Quakers |
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... heavenly path , treading under foot all opposing spirits , until she gained the victory ; the weapons of her warfare not being car- nal but spiritual , and mighty through God to the pull- ing down of the strong holds of sin and iniquity ...
... heavenly path , treading under foot all opposing spirits , until she gained the victory ; the weapons of her warfare not being car- nal but spiritual , and mighty through God to the pull- ing down of the strong holds of sin and iniquity ...
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... heavenly Father's will , and meekly receiving all as intended for her further refinement , my heart is deep- ly affected . Truly I exclaim , what a blessing is a pious mother ! And I consider it not the least among the numberless ...
... heavenly Father's will , and meekly receiving all as intended for her further refinement , my heart is deep- ly affected . Truly I exclaim , what a blessing is a pious mother ! And I consider it not the least among the numberless ...
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... heavenly Father had not turned away his face from her ; yet added , she had at times been favoured to feel a state of rejoicing and praise , and was desirous of having an assurance of Divine acceptance before her final close ; which was ...
... heavenly Father had not turned away his face from her ; yet added , she had at times been favoured to feel a state of rejoicing and praise , and was desirous of having an assurance of Divine acceptance before her final close ; which was ...
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... heavenly man- sion , although she had often stumbled and fallen short ; but observed , " though the righteous fall seven times , yet they rise again . " She then remarked to her chil- dren , that a secret engagement and exercise had ...
... heavenly man- sion , although she had often stumbled and fallen short ; but observed , " though the righteous fall seven times , yet they rise again . " She then remarked to her chil- dren , that a secret engagement and exercise had ...
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... heavenly Canaan ; saying , desires had often been raised in her heart that he might come to understand the truth of these things for himself . Her mind appearing relieved , and being queried with if she felt willing to go and leave us ...
... heavenly Canaan ; saying , desires had often been raised in her heart that he might come to understand the truth of these things for himself . Her mind appearing relieved , and being queried with if she felt willing to go and leave us ...
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Page 122 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 136 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 38 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 126 - Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness; looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt away with fervent heat.
Page 126 - I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
Page 126 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 379 - And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 105 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 28 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 165 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.