The Interpretation of the Scripture Passage, the "more Sure Word of Prophesy, &c.," 2 Peter, Chap. I., Verse 19, as Given by George Fox, William Penn, Robert Barclay, George Whitehead, Francis Howgill, Samuel Fisher, and James Parnel in Reply to Opposers: Also Extracts from the Writings of Ambrose Rigge, William Bayly, Charles Marshall, Josiah Coale, Margaret Fox, and Elizabeth Bathurst, on the Same Subject

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John Harrison, 1838 - 24 pages

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Page 5 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts : 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 7 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 5 - ... we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page 16 - He that cometh from above is above all. He that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Page 16 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 3 - And we have the word of prophecy made more sure ; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts...
Page 22 - ... knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Page 3 - I came on the top of a hill in sight of the town, I espied the great steeplehouse ; and the Lord said unto me, " thou must go cry against yonder great idol, and against the worshippers therein.
Page 3 - And he told the people that this was the Scriptures, by which they were to try all doctrines, religions, and opinions. Now the Lord's power was so mighty upon me, and so strong in me, that I could not hold, but was made to cry out and say, "Oh, no, it is not the Scriptures.
Page 23 - I am the Light of the world : he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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