A Portraiture of Quakerism,: Taken from a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Œconomy, and Character, of the Society of Friends, Volume 3R. Taylor and Company, 1807 - Society of Friends |
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... never to resist the governors by violence , on this or any other account . THE Quakers hold four principles , which I shall distinguish by the name of Great Tenets * . These are considered as arising out of the implied or positive ...
... never to resist the governors by violence , on this or any other account . THE Quakers hold four principles , which I shall distinguish by the name of Great Tenets * . These are considered as arising out of the implied or positive ...
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... As men would then settle any differences between them amicably , there would be no necessity for courts of law , As they would then never fight , there would be be no need of armies . As they would then 4 GREAT TENETS .
... As men would then settle any differences between them amicably , there would be no necessity for courts of law , As they would then never fight , there would be be no need of armies . As they would then 4 GREAT TENETS .
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... Never swear ; but let thy word be Yes or No. " So religious was Hercules , says Plu tarch , that he never swore but once . Clinias , a Greek philosopher , and a scholar of Pytha- goras , is said to have dreaded an oath so much , that ...
... Never swear ; but let thy word be Yes or No. " So religious was Hercules , says Plu tarch , that he never swore but once . Clinias , a Greek philosopher , and a scholar of Pytha- goras , is said to have dreaded an oath so much , that ...
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... never have been induced or compelled by any earthly consideration or power to engage in the wars of the world . They are aware that his mission , which it became him to fulfil , and which engrossed all his time , would not allow him the ...
... never have been induced or compelled by any earthly consideration or power to engage in the wars of the world . They are aware that his mission , which it became him to fulfil , and which engrossed all his time , would not allow him the ...
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... never admitted into the New . He belonged to the system , which required an eye for an eye , and a tooth for a tooth but not to that , which required no resist- ance to evil , and which insisted upon the love of enemies as well as ...
... never admitted into the New . He belonged to the system , which required an eye for an eye , and a tooth for a tooth but not to that , which required no resist- ance to evil , and which insisted upon the love of enemies as well as ...
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Popular passages
Page 28 - 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 119 - Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 118 - 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 18 - 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 : 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...
Page 18 - 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 121 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 33 - Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.
Page 335 - ... train up a child in the way he should go, that when he is old he will not depart from it.
Page 58 - I cannot fight, if I die. I am not a soldier of this world, but a soldier of God.
Page 120 - 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.