Quakerism Not Christianity: Or: Reasons for Renouncing the Doctrine of Friends |
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... consider you , therefore , as representing the common creed of christendom , or rather of all enlightened protestants , in opposition to the system of Friends . I consider you as constituting for the time a moral court , before whom I ...
... consider you , therefore , as representing the common creed of christendom , or rather of all enlightened protestants , in opposition to the system of Friends . I consider you as constituting for the time a moral court , before whom I ...
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... consider ! The stars of their heaven have been shaken ; their brightest luminaries have fallen ! Any one who can recollect the preachers of Phila- delphia and its general vicinity for thirty years , ought to review the foundations of ...
... consider ! The stars of their heaven have been shaken ; their brightest luminaries have fallen ! Any one who can recollect the preachers of Phila- delphia and its general vicinity for thirty years , ought to review the foundations of ...
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... consider that the profession , on the score of taste , is quite as humble as the per- formance . A man should be himself at all times : peculiarities , eccentricities , and even inaccuracies , are more tolerable than mimicry ...
... consider that the profession , on the score of taste , is quite as humble as the per- formance . A man should be himself at all times : peculiarities , eccentricities , and even inaccuracies , are more tolerable than mimicry ...
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... to the fact , and ask the friends of order , of religion , and of man , dispassionately to consider , at their leisure , the three following questions : 1. Is Quakerism friendly to the cultivation and diffusion of 8 57.
... to the fact , and ask the friends of order , of religion , and of man , dispassionately to consider , at their leisure , the three following questions : 1. Is Quakerism friendly to the cultivation and diffusion of 8 57.
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... consider " what they say ; to admit the possi- bility of one's own error on any subject ; to depre- cate and resist the dark tyranny of prejudice ; to deny infallibility to men universally ; to surmount the dictation of friends just as ...
... consider " what they say ; to admit the possi- bility of one's own error on any subject ; to depre- cate and resist the dark tyranny of prejudice ; to deny infallibility to men universally ; to surmount the dictation of friends just as ...
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Page 651 - O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken : ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses, and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Page 27 - Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Page 316 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 181 - Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 599 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Page 599 - That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ...
Page 605 - And the Lord said. Who then is that faithful and wise steward. whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing, 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
Page 485 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 47 - And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken ? when a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Page 528 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.