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... engaged , I kept myself free from joining with any sort of people , though I took liberty to hear several ; and C my converse was most with those that inveigh much against judging , and such kind of seve- ⚫rity which latitude may ...
... engaged , I kept myself free from joining with any sort of people , though I took liberty to hear several ; and C my converse was most with those that inveigh much against judging , and such kind of seve- ⚫rity which latitude may ...
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... engaged in a public dispute with some of the students in the university of Aberdeen . Though this dispute did not terminate to the satisfaction of the disputants on either side , yet was attended , as is said , with this effect , that ...
... engaged in a public dispute with some of the students in the university of Aberdeen . Though this dispute did not terminate to the satisfaction of the disputants on either side , yet was attended , as is said , with this effect , that ...
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... engaged in testimony . * The princess invited them to dine * By this phrase is to be understood that each of the visitors thought himself required to preach in the meeting . Such declara- tions are called testimonies because they bear ...
... engaged in testimony . * The princess invited them to dine * By this phrase is to be understood that each of the visitors thought himself required to preach in the meeting . Such declara- tions are called testimonies because they bear ...
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... engaged in serious discourse ,, on the posture of affairs at that time . After he returned from London , he spent the remainder of his life , being about two years , chiefly at home ; where he enjoyed the esteem . and regard of his ...
... engaged in serious discourse ,, on the posture of affairs at that time . After he returned from London , he spent the remainder of his life , being about two years , chiefly at home ; where he enjoyed the esteem . and regard of his ...
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... engaged in controversy ; and our author , from his retirement , had viewed the contest , and observed the misrepresentations of fact on which some of their adversaries ' censures rested ; as well as weighed the strength of the ...
... engaged in controversy ; and our author , from his retirement , had viewed the contest , and observed the misrepresentations of fact on which some of their adversaries ' censures rested ; as well as weighed the strength of the ...
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Page 51 - May my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if ever I prove false to those teachings.
Page 24 - ... not in the most remote consideration. And some whom I called, to declare to them this thing, can bear witness, how great was the agony of my spirit, — how I besought the Lord with tears, that this cup might pass away from me ! — yea, how the pillars of my tabernacle were shaken, and how exceedingly my bones trembled, until I freely gave up unto the Lord's will.
Page 111 - Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled, as well as to rule, and sit upon the throne; and being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor 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.
Page 97 - An apology for the true Christian divinity as the same is held forth and preached by the people called in scorn Quakers ; being a full explanation and vindication of their principles and doctrines, by many arguments deduced from scripture and right reason, and the testimonies of famous authors both ancient and modern, with a full answer to the strongest objections usually made against them ; presented to the king : written and published in Latin for the information of strangers, by Robert Barclay;...
Page 17 - I myself, in part, am a true witness, who not by strength of arguments, or by a particular disquisition of each doctrine, and convincement of my understanding thereby, came to receive and bear witness of the truth, but by being secretly reached by this life; for when I came into the silent assemblies of God's people, I felt a secret power among them, which touched my heart, and as I gave way unto it, I found the evil weakening in me, and the good raised up...
Page 111 - ... adversity; thou knowest what it is to be banished thy native country; to be overruled as well as to rule and sit upon the throne; and, being oppressed, thou hast reason to know how hateful the oppressor 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.
Page 17 - ... when I came into the silent assemblies of God's people, I felt a secret power among them, which touched my heart, and as I gave way unto it, I found the evil weakening in me, and the good raised up, and so I became thus knit and united unto them, hungering ment.
Page 15 - I had scarce got out of my childhood, when I was, by the permission of Divine Providence, cast among the company of papists ; and my tender years and immature capacity not being able to withstand and resist the insinuations that were used to proselyte me to that way, I became quickly...
Page 122 - The possibility and necessity of the inward and immediate Revelation of the Spirit of God towards the foundation and ground of true faith, proved in a letter written in Latin to a person of quality in Holland, and now also put into English.
Page 16 - I had abundant occasion to receive impressions contrary to this principle of love : seeing the straitness of several of their doctrines, as well as their practice of persecution, do abundantly declare, how opposite they are to universal love.