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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... present case 109 CHAP . II . Character general or particular their general , is that of a moral people CHAP . III . 113 SECT . 1. Character particular - first of their particular traits is benevolence to man in his temporal capacity 117 ...
... present case 109 CHAP . II . Character general or particular their general , is that of a moral people CHAP . III . 113 SECT . 1. Character particular - first of their particular traits is benevolence to man in his temporal capacity 117 ...
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... present age ; for that both their opinions and their practice spoke loudly against the lawfulness of war . Upon this new subject I shall enter next . And I confess I shall enter upon it willingly . First , because I know of none that is ...
... present age ; for that both their opinions and their practice spoke loudly against the lawfulness of war . Upon this new subject I shall enter next . And I confess I shall enter upon it willingly . First , because I know of none that is ...
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... present and even assisted at some of the Heathen sacrifices . But it is not necessary to detail these or other particulars . Almost every body knows that more evils sprung up to the Church in this century than in any other ; some of ...
... present and even assisted at some of the Heathen sacrifices . But it is not necessary to detail these or other particulars . Almost every body knows that more evils sprung up to the Church in this century than in any other ; some of ...
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... present , that we might even suppose the precepts of Jesus Christ to be deficient , unless they were made to extend to wars as well as to private injuries . I wonder what a Superior Being , living in the nearest planet to our earth ...
... present , that we might even suppose the precepts of Jesus Christ to be deficient , unless they were made to extend to wars as well as to private injuries . I wonder what a Superior Being , living in the nearest planet to our earth ...
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... present case . Thus all kinds of treachery and deceit are consi- dered to be allowable ; for a very accient philoso- pher among them has left a maxim upon record , and it has not yet been beaten out of their heads , not- withstanding ...
... present case . Thus all kinds of treachery and deceit are consi- dered to be allowable ; for a very accient philoso- pher among them has left a maxim upon record , and it has not yet been beaten out of their heads , not- withstanding ...
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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.