Observations on the Distinguishing Views and Practices of the Society of Friends

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John and Arthur Arch, 1834 - 503 pages
 

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Page 286 - lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants (look) unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes (wait) upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 180 - another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. For ye may all prophesy, one by one, that all may learn and all may be comforted. And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets; for God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Page 25 - so by the obedience of one shall the many be made righteous. Moreover, the law entered, that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound; that, as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 342 - on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your
Page 149 - the social meal, is evident from the immediate context. " And all that believed," adds the historian, " were together and had all things common and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart
Page 126 - that cometh after me is mightier than 1, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Page 147 - partakers of the altar ? What say I then, that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing ? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to / devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye ( should be
Page 206 - in me a clean heart, O God," cried the Psalmist, "and renew a right spirit within me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit; then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Page 288 - him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for (in the Hebrew, be silent for)? the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and
Page 49 - godhead, so that they are without excuse. Because, that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools; and changed the glory of the incorruptible God, into an image made like unto corruptible man,

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