A Treatise on Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion: In which are Illustrated the Profession, Ministry, Worship, and Faith of the Society of Friends |
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... bound to take notice of appearances in the ministry ; and where any come forth who have mistaken their gift , timely to counsel and caution them . Thus the living members are : instrumental to preserve all in their proper places ...
... bound to take notice of appearances in the ministry ; and where any come forth who have mistaken their gift , timely to counsel and caution them . Thus the living members are : instrumental to preserve all in their proper places ...
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... bound to provide for our poor , as well ministers as others . Although we esteem a living and authorized ministry , and believe it is a blessing to the church , yet as we consider all true ministers to be the servants of Christ , who ...
... bound to provide for our poor , as well ministers as others . Although we esteem a living and authorized ministry , and believe it is a blessing to the church , yet as we consider all true ministers to be the servants of Christ , who ...
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... bound ourselves by any law , to exclude praying or preaching , or tied ourselves thereunto , not at all ; for as our worship con- sisteth not in words , so neither in silence , but in an holy dependence of the mind upon God , from which ...
... bound ourselves by any law , to exclude praying or preaching , or tied ourselves thereunto , not at all ; for as our worship con- sisteth not in words , so neither in silence , but in an holy dependence of the mind upon God , from which ...
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... bound to wait for the calls and direction of the spirit , and not to proceed to preaching , praying , or singing in our solemn meetings , unless we are thereunto led ; and that in the two last cases there may be many engaged according ...
... bound to wait for the calls and direction of the spirit , and not to proceed to preaching , praying , or singing in our solemn meetings , unless we are thereunto led ; and that in the two last cases there may be many engaged according ...
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... this rock I will build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven , and whatsoever thou shalt bind on • earth , shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsa 90.
... this rock I will build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven , and whatsoever thou shalt bind on • earth , shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsa 90.
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Page 21 - For we are saved by hope : but hope that is seen is not hope : for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Page 69 - The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
Page 34 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 36 - Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities : for we know not what we should pray for as we ought : but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Page 63 - But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Page 14 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female : for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Page 21 - And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; We have waited for him, and he will save us: This is the Lord ; we have waited for him , We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Page 55 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God...
Page 69 - And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just ; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 32 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are ; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.