A journal or historical account of the life, travels, sufferings, Christian experiences, and labour of love in the work of the ministry of that ancient, eminent, and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, George FoxMarcus T.C. Gould, 1831 |
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... night before ) and used endeavours to persuade me not to go to the meeting that day ; for the magistrates , they said , had threatened to take me , and had raised the train - bands . I wished them to go their way to the meeting , not ...
... night before ) and used endeavours to persuade me not to go to the meeting that day ; for the magistrates , they said , had threatened to take me , and had raised the train - bands . I wished them to go their way to the meeting , not ...
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... night , leaving me at a Friend's house in Swanington . At night as I was sitting in the hall , speaking to a widow - woman and her daugh- ter , lord Beaumont came with a company of soldiers , who , slapping their swords on the door ...
... night , leaving me at a Friend's house in Swanington . At night as I was sitting in the hall , speaking to a widow - woman and her daugh- ter , lord Beaumont came with a company of soldiers , who , slapping their swords on the door ...
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... night , and to bring us before him next morning . Accordingly the constables set a watch of the town's people upon us that night , and had us next morning to his house about a mile from Swanington . When we came before him , he told us ...
... night , and to bring us before him next morning . Accordingly the constables set a watch of the town's people upon us that night , and had us next morning to his house about a mile from Swanington . When we came before him , he told us ...
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... night , where some Friends came to visit us , and next day passed to Thomas Teage's , where we had a large meeting , at which many were convinced . I was led to open the state of the church in the primitive times , the state of the ...
... night , where some Friends came to visit us , and next day passed to Thomas Teage's , where we had a large meeting , at which many were convinced . I was led to open the state of the church in the primitive times , the state of the ...
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... night came a company of men , knocked at the door , and bid them open it , or they would break it open ; for they wanted a man that they came to search the house for . I heard the noise , and got up , and at the window saw a man at the ...
... night came a company of men , knocked at the door , and bid them open it , or they would break it open ; for they wanted a man that they came to search the house for . I heard the noise , and got up , and at the window saw a man at the ...
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Page 349 - But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Page 321 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 283 - I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting ; in like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but (which becometh women professing godliness,) with good works.
Page 313 - For the living know that they shall die : but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
Page 262 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 314 - And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 322 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 322 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God...
Page 350 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy righteousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Page 38 - And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.