Observations on the Distinguishing Views & Practices of the Society of FriendsM. Day, 1840 - 338 pages |
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... doctrines which we ought to believe and of the duties which we are required to practise . In thus re- ferring to the Holy Scriptures , I have often found occasion , on critical points , to appeal to the decisions of various commentators ...
... doctrines which we ought to believe and of the duties which we are required to practise . In thus re- ferring to the Holy Scriptures , I have often found occasion , on critical points , to appeal to the decisions of various commentators ...
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... doctrines of the New Testament . Christ has been the centre around which they have delighted to gather ; and those who have quitted that centre have never failed to lose , in a spiritual sense at least , their unity with the body ...
... doctrines of the New Testament . Christ has been the centre around which they have delighted to gather ; and those who have quitted that centre have never failed to lose , in a spiritual sense at least , their unity with the body ...
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... doctrine of the Holy Spirit ! They were bold to assert that as , on the one hand , Christ died for all men , so on the other , all are made par- takers of a measure of the light , life , power , and spirit , of the Re- deemer of men ...
... doctrine of the Holy Spirit ! They were bold to assert that as , on the one hand , Christ died for all men , so on the other , all are made par- takers of a measure of the light , life , power , and spirit , of the Re- deemer of men ...
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... doctrine of a universal light , which could lead any man to set at naught any Christian effort for so holy a purpose . The doctrine itself affords a delightful encour- agement to all such labours of love . Who that is engaged in ...
... doctrine of a universal light , which could lead any man to set at naught any Christian effort for so holy a purpose . The doctrine itself affords a delightful encour- agement to all such labours of love . Who that is engaged in ...
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... doctrinal truth , or a single moral principle ; that the wisdom , richness , and harmony of their contents , afford abundant proof that they came from God ; and that , as the original record of all religious truth , they stand , and ...
... doctrinal truth , or a single moral principle ; that the wisdom , richness , and harmony of their contents , afford abundant proof that they came from God ; and that , as the original record of all religious truth , they stand , and ...
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Page 31 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Page 118 - For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread : and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat : this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me.
Page 203 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made, And all those things have been, saith the Lord: But to this man will I look, Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at my word.
Page 17 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous...
Page 56 - Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 71 - Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances...
Page 228 - Answerest thou nothing? what is it which, these witness against thee ? 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ the Son of God.
Page 132 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy...
Page 101 - For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament; (for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we are one with Christ, and Christ with us;) so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily.
Page 88 - For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.