Quakerism Unveiled: Truth Prevalent : in Two Letters, Addressed to the Members of the Society of Friends, Liverpool : to which are Added, Fifteen Propositions with Hints on the Present Negociation, Or, the Way to a True and Lasting Peace ... |
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... moral gov- ernment of the world , if we may admit the evidence of your worthy and esteemed advocate , Thomas Clarkson , viz . " I do not see where it is asserted by any of the Quaker writers , that he ( the Spirit ) is to be a guide to ...
... moral gov- ernment of the world , if we may admit the evidence of your worthy and esteemed advocate , Thomas Clarkson , viz . " I do not see where it is asserted by any of the Quaker writers , that he ( the Spirit ) is to be a guide to ...
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... moral instruction , and his own glory . " Now , if God is omniscient , omnipresent , and om- nipotent , why should not his Divine Spirit be " con- sulted " and acknowledged , that he may " guide us in the temporal concerns of our lives ...
... moral instruction , and his own glory . " Now , if God is omniscient , omnipresent , and om- nipotent , why should not his Divine Spirit be " con- sulted " and acknowledged , that he may " guide us in the temporal concerns of our lives ...
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... moral philosopher and metaphysician , but , if my memory fails me not , it was the language of his episcopal father , the ve- nerable and highly esteemed Beilby Porteus , late bishop of London , who , in one of his pastoral dis- courses ...
... moral philosopher and metaphysician , but , if my memory fails me not , it was the language of his episcopal father , the ve- nerable and highly esteemed Beilby Porteus , late bishop of London , who , in one of his pastoral dis- courses ...
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... moral cha- racter , and the happiness of social life . " Truly ; for a greater than this man hath said , " for every ... morals and indifferency of too many professing Christians ? And of bringing a reproach and disgrace on your ...
... moral cha- racter , and the happiness of social life . " Truly ; for a greater than this man hath said , " for every ... morals and indifferency of too many professing Christians ? And of bringing a reproach and disgrace on your ...
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... morality meet with applause , if the end be successful . A man who in his dealings can cheat his neighbour , is considered as a slim mensch , a cle- ver fellow . Even stealing is not regarded as crimi- nal ; truth is not held as a moral ...
... morality meet with applause , if the end be successful . A man who in his dealings can cheat his neighbour , is considered as a slim mensch , a cle- ver fellow . Even stealing is not regarded as crimi- nal ; truth is not held as a moral ...
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Page 343 - Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains and exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it." (Micah iv.): 1 . " But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains...
Page 147 - For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth ; so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Page 109 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 110 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 37 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief : for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 55 - Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Page 66 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page v - And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment : Of sin, because they believe not on Me : Of righteousness, because I go to My Father, and ye see Me no more ; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Page 64 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 55 - I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you ? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren ? But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.