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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... with the various systems of wor- ship , were introduced and stood in the place of the substance.- Hence they may be considered as waiting and looking for some fur- ther and more confident ground of faith than they conceived.
... with the various systems of wor- ship , were introduced and stood in the place of the substance.- Hence they may be considered as waiting and looking for some fur- ther and more confident ground of faith than they conceived.
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... wait for his in- struction in every step they take in this solemn duty . But should any rise and attempt to speak in his name , under the influence or choice of the creature- ly will , we believe such would contri- bute to their own ...
... wait for his in- struction in every step they take in this solemn duty . But should any rise and attempt to speak in his name , under the influence or choice of the creature- ly will , we believe such would contri- bute to their own ...
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... wait for the needful qualification to worship the Father in spirit , and in truth ; and this we believe may be done without the aid of the human voice . For if the worship of God , depended upon the organic powers of our nature , and ...
... wait for the needful qualification to worship the Father in spirit , and in truth ; and this we believe may be done without the aid of the human voice . For if the worship of God , depended upon the organic powers of our nature , and ...
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... waiting for the mind of the spirit , immediately proceed to outward and formal acts ; there ap- pears to us a danger of departing from the will of God , and fulfilling the will of man alone . To wait upon God , re- quires a state in ...
... waiting for the mind of the spirit , immediately proceed to outward and formal acts ; there ap- pears to us a danger of departing from the will of God , and fulfilling the will of man alone . To wait upon God , re- quires a state in ...
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... wait upon , and worship him in spirit and in truth . Many are the instances mentioned in the Scriptures of the faithful waiting upon God.- The prophet Jeremiah says , " the Lord is good unto them , that wait for him , to the soul that ...
... wait upon , and worship him in spirit and in truth . Many are the instances mentioned in the Scriptures of the faithful waiting upon God.- The prophet Jeremiah says , " the Lord is good unto them , that wait for him , to the soul that ...
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Page 98 - 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; whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Page 12 - It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 52 - 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 26 - 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 34 - 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 130 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Page 120 - And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 86 - He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Page 107 - 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...
Page 96 - 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.