The Select Works of William Penn, Volume 1W. Phillips, 1825 - Society of Friends |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... holy power and spirit , as enabled him in due time to overcome all opposition , and with an holy resolution to follow Christ whatsoever reproaches or per- secutions might attend him . About the year 1666 , and the 22d of his age , his ...
... holy power and spirit , as enabled him in due time to overcome all opposition , and with an holy resolution to follow Christ whatsoever reproaches or per- secutions might attend him . About the year 1666 , and the 22d of his age , his ...
Page 7
... holy women of old , whose time was mostly spent in heavenly retirements , out of that rattle , noise , and conversation thou art in ! And canst thou imagine that those holy men , re- corded in scripture , spent their days as do the ...
... holy women of old , whose time was mostly spent in heavenly retirements , out of that rattle , noise , and conversation thou art in ! And canst thou imagine that those holy men , re- corded in scripture , spent their days as do the ...
Page 13
... holy , so just , and so conde- scending a disposition , that these severities can have no plea from such as have truly entitled themselves unto it . For my own share , as it is my principle ( as I have declared ) to live myself , and ...
... holy , so just , and so conde- scending a disposition , that these severities can have no plea from such as have truly entitled themselves unto it . For my own share , as it is my principle ( as I have declared ) to live myself , and ...
Page 27
... holy faith , resignation and patience , till thou witnessest his kingdom to be come , and his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven ; that so thou mayst be a spiritual candle in thy place , giving light in the life of ...
... holy faith , resignation and patience , till thou witnessest his kingdom to be come , and his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven ; that so thou mayst be a spiritual candle in thy place , giving light in the life of ...
Page 30
... holy faith . Therefore , hold up your heads , and be ye comfort- ed , O little flock , your Shepherd will not fly ... holy testimony : remember that many eyes are upon you , and as you acquit yourselves in this exercise that may quickly ...
... holy faith . Therefore , hold up your heads , and be ye comfort- ed , O little flock , your Shepherd will not fly ... holy testimony : remember that many eyes are upon you , and as you acquit yourselves in this exercise that may quickly ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Almighty Anaxagoras answered Antisthenes apostle apostle Paul believe blessed blood body called CHAP Christians condemned conscience court covetousness cross Dæmon darkness death desire disciples discourse divine light doctrine doth England esteem eternal evil eyes faith father fear flesh follow friends Gentiles give glory God's guilty hath heart Heathens heaven heavenly Heraclitus holy honour immortality Jesus Christ Jews John John iii judge judgment jury king kingdom Lacedæmonia Laert liberty live Lord lusts man's manifest mankind mind nature never obedience obey peace persons Plato pleasure poor pride principle prophet Psal Pythagoras Quakers reason religion repentance reproved righteousness saith salvation saved Saviour scripture self-denial shew sins Socrates soul speak spirit suffer tell testimony thee things thou tion true truth unlawful assembly unto vanity verdict virtue whilst wicked William Mead William Penn word worldly worship Xenocrates
Popular passages
Page 551 - And why take ye thought for raiment. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 551 - Therefore I say unto you ; Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 238 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 252 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.
Page 254 - ... (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified : for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to...
Page 466 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 292 - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world...
Page 249 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 554 - For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, Godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Page 6 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.