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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... believe a com- pliance with any law or custom to be wrong CHAP . VI . 186 Sixth is that in political affairs they reason upon prin- ciple , and not upon consequences 199 CHAP . CHAP . VII . Seventh is independence of mind : CONTENTS . V.
... believe a com- pliance with any law or custom to be wrong CHAP . VI . 186 Sixth is that in political affairs they reason upon prin- ciple , and not upon consequences 199 CHAP . CHAP . VII . Seventh is independence of mind : CONTENTS . V.
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... believe , however , that Christian churches may admonish such members as fall into error , and may even cut them off from mem- bership ; but this must be done , not by the temporal but by the spiritual sword . This tenet they support ...
... believe , however , that Christian churches may admonish such members as fall into error , and may even cut them off from mem- bership ; but this must be done , not by the temporal but by the spiritual sword . This tenet they support ...
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... believe that " truth would be spoken , if oaths were done away . Thus , that which is called Honour by the world will bind men to the truth , who perhaps know but little of reli- gion . But if so , then he , who makes Chris- tianity his ...
... believe that " truth would be spoken , if oaths were done away . Thus , that which is called Honour by the world will bind men to the truth , who perhaps know but little of reli- gion . But if so , then he , who makes Chris- tianity his ...
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... believe , secondly , that if men accustom themselves to call upon God on civil occasions , they render his name so familiar to them , that they are likely to lose the reverence due to it ; or so to blend religious with secular consider ...
... believe , secondly , that if men accustom themselves to call upon God on civil occasions , they render his name so familiar to them , that they are likely to lose the reverence due to it ; or so to blend religious with secular consider ...
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... believe it to be their duty " to render to Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's , " and to leave the application of it to Cæsar himself as he judges best for the support of Government . This duty they collect from the example of Jesus ...
... believe it to be their duty " to render to Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's , " and to leave the application of it to Cæsar himself as he judges best for the support of Government . This duty they collect from the example of Jesus ...
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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 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 86 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
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.
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 86 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 33 - Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.
Page 121 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 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 ensamples to the flock.
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.
Page 375 - I admitted to come to him, not as a servant to him (which at that time he needed not) nor to be in the house with him, but only to have the liberty of coming to his house at certain hours, when I would, and to read to him what books he should appoint me ; which was all the favour I desired.