A Portraiture of Quakerism: As Taken from a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Oeconomy and Character of the Society of Friends, Volume 3R. Taylor, 1806 |
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Page 66
... look at the character which is given of the first Christians by Athenagoras , Justin Martyr , Minucius Felix , and others of the early Christian writers . According to these , they were plain and neat in their apparel , and frugal in ...
... look at the character which is given of the first Christians by Athenagoras , Justin Martyr , Minucius Felix , and others of the early Christian writers . According to these , they were plain and neat in their apparel , and frugal in ...
Page 93
... look at the opposite po- licy , which is that of the Gospel . Now this policy would consist in the practice of meekness , moderation , love , patience , and forbearance , with a strict regard to justice , so that no advantages might be ...
... look at the opposite po- licy , which is that of the Gospel . Now this policy would consist in the practice of meekness , moderation , love , patience , and forbearance , with a strict regard to justice , so that no advantages might be ...
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... look upon the beautiful islands which lie scattered as so many ornaments of the ocean , we may wish their several inhabitants no greater injury than the violence of their own waves ; or that , when we view continents at a distance from ...
... look upon the beautiful islands which lie scattered as so many ornaments of the ocean , we may wish their several inhabitants no greater injury than the violence of their own waves ; or that , when we view continents at a distance from ...
Page 120
... looks up to God , and not to men , for the reward of his spiri- tual labours . And the same apostle makes it a characteristic of the false teachers , that they make a merchandize of their hearers ‡ . It is objected to the Quakers on ...
... looks up to God , and not to men , for the reward of his spiri- tual labours . And the same apostle makes it a characteristic of the false teachers , that they make a merchandize of their hearers ‡ . It is objected to the Quakers on ...
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... look to God for their re- ward , and not to men ; -and that St. Peter himself must have preached , like St. Paul , without fee or reward , or he could not consistently have recommended such a prac- tice to others . The Quakers ...
... look to God for their re- ward , and not to men ; -and that St. Peter himself must have preached , like St. Paul , without fee or reward , or he could not consistently have recommended such a prac- tice to others . The Quakers ...
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Page 28 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ...
Page 86 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 18 - But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 18 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Page 18 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 27 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 117 - Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
Page 341 - ... train up a child in the way he should go, that when he is old he will not depart from it.
Page 375 - This person, having filled a public station in the former times, lived now a private and retired life in London, and having wholly lost his sight, kept always a man to read to him, which usually was the son of some gentleman of his acquaintance, whom in kindness he took to improve in his learning.
Page 33 - Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.