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Page 63
... amongst the poor : but yet I feel as if it were giving to the poor with an expect- ation of return from them to ask for their votes . Still , if the cause be such , as may be of use in tending to abolish the war ( for every member in ...
... amongst the poor : but yet I feel as if it were giving to the poor with an expect- ation of return from them to ask for their votes . Still , if the cause be such , as may be of use in tending to abolish the war ( for every member in ...
Page 65
... amongst a great number , was chosen one of the Committee to examine the children , school and household : ( a female preacher from America ) appeared to me to hold rather too high a hand . After Meeting , we examined the bed - rooms ...
... amongst a great number , was chosen one of the Committee to examine the children , school and household : ( a female preacher from America ) appeared to me to hold rather too high a hand . After Meeting , we examined the bed - rooms ...
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Susanna Corder. amongst the things that produce the harmony of society ; for the truth must not be spoken out at all times , at least not the whole truth . I will give an instance of what I mean . Sup- pose any one was to show me the ...
Susanna Corder. amongst the things that produce the harmony of society ; for the truth must not be spoken out at all times , at least not the whole truth . I will give an instance of what I mean . Sup- pose any one was to show me the ...
Page 107
... amongst us , rather than the simple love and fear of God , which spirit I think alone should rule , in the management of the discipline intended to protect our religious principles . The dread I had over me , in Plaistow Meeting , of ...
... amongst us , rather than the simple love and fear of God , which spirit I think alone should rule , in the management of the discipline intended to protect our religious principles . The dread I had over me , in Plaistow Meeting , of ...
Page 113
... amongst the rest , are corruptible . That there is something better that must be loved first , and that we must hold all things in subjection to this Power , that alone must be worshipped , and that alone can sanctify all other things ...
... amongst the rest , are corruptible . That there is something better that must be loved first , and that we must hold all things in subjection to this Power , that alone must be worshipped , and that alone can sanctify all other things ...
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Page 637 - For the love of Christ constraineth us —because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 163 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 388 - This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Page 638 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Page 524 - Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin : but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Page 371 - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him ? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Page 635 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 163 - There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 126 - I believed the promise was verified with us, " where two or three are met together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
Page 134 - When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.