A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Economy, and Character, of the Society of Friends, Volume 3James P. Parke, 1808 |
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Page 48
... consequence of such a religious profession . They loved each other as brethren , and called one another by that name.- They were kind and courteous , and charitable be- .yond all example , to others . They abstained from 4-8 GREAT TENETS .
... consequence of such a religious profession . They loved each other as brethren , and called one another by that name.- They were kind and courteous , and charitable be- .yond all example , to others . They abstained from 4-8 GREAT TENETS .
Page 68
... kind of conduct is most likely to disarm an opponent , -that of him , who holds up his arm to strike , if his opponent should not comply with his terms ; or of him , who argues justly , who manifests a temper of love and forbear- ance ...
... kind of conduct is most likely to disarm an opponent , -that of him , who holds up his arm to strike , if his opponent should not comply with his terms ; or of him , who argues justly , who manifests a temper of love and forbear- ance ...
Page 83
... kind . The goodness of the emperor Antoninus Pius was so great , that he was said to have outdone all ex- ample . He had no war in the course of a long reign of twenty - four years , so that he was com- pared to Numa . And nothing is ...
... kind . The goodness of the emperor Antoninus Pius was so great , that he was said to have outdone all ex- ample . He had no war in the course of a long reign of twenty - four years , so that he was com- pared to Numa . And nothing is ...
Page 102
... kind of commerce exchange heavenly things for earthly , and smitten with the love of God , and for the sal- vation of my own soul , and the souls of my father and mother , and all my forefathers and ancestors , " & c . Richard the ...
... kind of commerce exchange heavenly things for earthly , and smitten with the love of God , and for the sal- vation of my own soul , and the souls of my father and mother , and all my forefathers and ancestors , " & c . Richard the ...
Page 105
... kind of commerce exchanged heavenly things for earthly ; " or because the Popes of Rome wished them to be so , from whose jurisdiction all the subjects of Eng- land were discharged by law . They resisted the payment of them , because ...
... kind of commerce exchanged heavenly things for earthly ; " or because the Popes of Rome wished them to be so , from whose jurisdiction all the subjects of Eng- land were discharged by law . They resisted the payment of them , because ...
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Page 63 - 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 19 - 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 that despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 88 - What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
Page 19 - 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 12 - 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...
Page 23 - Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.
Page 63 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 12 - 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 87 - 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 159 - ... is both to God and man. If, after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget Him who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity, surely great will be thy condemnation.