The Ancient Testimony of the Religious Society of Friends: Commonly Called Quakers, Respecting Some of Their Christian Doctrines and Practices |
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... apostles , in relation to it ; even though they were charged with unsoundness of prin- ciple , because they rejected those scholastic terms of their opponents . George Fox , in a work entitled , " An Answer to all such as falsely say ...
... apostles , in relation to it ; even though they were charged with unsoundness of prin- ciple , because they rejected those scholastic terms of their opponents . George Fox , in a work entitled , " An Answer to all such as falsely say ...
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... apostle John did , and as all true Christians ever did , and now do . And if you say we are not Christians , because ... apostles heard of him and declared unto the saints , that he is light , and in him is no darkness at all . There are ...
... apostle John did , and as all true Christians ever did , and now do . And if you say we are not Christians , because ... apostles heard of him and declared unto the saints , that he is light , and in him is no darkness at all . There are ...
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... apostles and holy men , mentioned in the Scriptures , are most meet to speak of God and Christ , and not the words of man's wisdom , or human inventions and devised distinctions , since the apostles ' days . " OF DIVINE REVELATION . THE ...
... apostles and holy men , mentioned in the Scriptures , are most meet to speak of God and Christ , and not the words of man's wisdom , or human inventions and devised distinctions , since the apostles ' days . " OF DIVINE REVELATION . THE ...
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... apostles ; which revelations of God by the Spirit , whether by outward voices and ap- pearances , dreams , or inward objective manifestations in the heart , were of old the formal object of their faith , and remain yet so to be ; since ...
... apostles ; which revelations of God by the Spirit , whether by outward voices and ap- pearances , dreams , or inward objective manifestations in the heart , were of old the formal object of their faith , and remain yet so to be ; since ...
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... apostle says , " What man knoweth the things of a man , save the spirit of man which is in him ? even so the things of God knoweth no man , but the Spirit of God . Now we have received , not the spirit of the world , but the Spirit ...
... apostle says , " What man knoweth the things of a man , save the spirit of man which is in him ? even so the things of God knoweth no man , but the Spirit of God . Now we have received , not the spirit of the world , but the Spirit ...
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Page 26 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people : And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Page 13 - This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood: and it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Page 69 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 26 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 29 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come.
Page 69 - And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Page 29 - And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him; for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you.
Page 59 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 20 - Seeing no man knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son revealeth him...
Page 60 - In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ ; buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead...