Diary of Alexander Jaffray, Profost of Aberdeen: One of the Scottish Commissioners to King Charles II, and a Member of Cromwell's Parliament; to which are Added Particulars of His Subsequent Life, Given in Connexion with Memoirs of the Rise, Progress, and Persecutions of the People Called Quakers in the North of Scotland; Among Whom He Became One of the Earliest MembersHarvey, 1833 - 592 pages |
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... look back upon their young and tender years , how these were spent in vanity , and many times in much looseness ! How few are there that rightly consider how they are kept underlings in grace all their days ! and temptations many times ...
... look back upon their young and tender years , how these were spent in vanity , and many times in much looseness ! How few are there that rightly consider how they are kept underlings in grace all their days ! and temptations many times ...
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... look back and examine my ways since my infancy ; I having that day got again , as it were , a new take of my life for this end , -to hold it upon a new account , -of the Lord , and for him . And more particularly was I then called to re ...
... look back and examine my ways since my infancy ; I having that day got again , as it were , a new take of my life for this end , -to hold it upon a new account , -of the Lord , and for him . And more particularly was I then called to re ...
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... , a day or two before us . Among other of God's goodnesses unto me , I have matter to look on this , -his direction and presence with me and my family , both in resolving upon and prosecuting our journey ; where so much of his care 53.
... , a day or two before us . Among other of God's goodnesses unto me , I have matter to look on this , -his direction and presence with me and my family , both in resolving upon and prosecuting our journey ; where so much of his care 53.
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... looks , —I need not but expect a snare in every thing , to hinder any fixedness in such resolution of seeking further com- munion with God ; yea , [ I need not but ] fear being overcome of every temptation [ that might be ] sug- gested ...
... looks , —I need not but expect a snare in every thing , to hinder any fixedness in such resolution of seeking further com- munion with God ; yea , [ I need not but ] fear being overcome of every temptation [ that might be ] sug- gested ...
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... looks principally at the meaning of the Spirit prayer , Rom . viii . , so doth faith look principally to the meaning of Christ in his sufferings . And as , in all other truths , a believer is said to have the mind of Christ , 1 Cor . ii ...
... looks principally at the meaning of the Spirit prayer , Rom . viii . , so doth faith look principally to the meaning of Christ in his sufferings . And as , in all other truths , a believer is said to have the mind of Christ , 1 Cor . ii ...
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Page 72 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 89 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 56 - I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, Until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Page 195 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Page 242 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 575 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Page 117 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 573 - But as then he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Page 461 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
Page 489 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.