The Ancient Testimony of the Religious Society of Friends: Commonly Called Quakers, Respecting Some of Their Christian Doctrines and Practices |
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... quarterly meeting , is apparent from the following minute . " Divers Friends in this meeting , " says the Yearly Meeting of 1738 , " expressed their satisfaction in find- ing by the reports of the quarterly meetings , that there is so ...
... quarterly meeting , is apparent from the following minute . " Divers Friends in this meeting , " says the Yearly Meeting of 1738 , " expressed their satisfaction in find- ing by the reports of the quarterly meetings , that there is so ...
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... meeting , would induce such Friends who have any slaves , to set them at ... meeting , their being so fully devoted to endeavour to render it effectual , that ... quarter , to accompany and assist them therein ; and that they may proceed ...
... meeting , would induce such Friends who have any slaves , to set them at ... meeting , their being so fully devoted to endeavour to render it effectual , that ... quarter , to accompany and assist them therein ; and that they may proceed ...
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... quarterly meeting therein . " The records of the Yearly Meeting show , that in almost every year during the interval from 1758 to 1776 , the subject claimed the earnest and increasing care of the meeting . The subordinate meetings were ...
... quarterly meeting therein . " The records of the Yearly Meeting show , that in almost every year during the interval from 1758 to 1776 , the subject claimed the earnest and increasing care of the meeting . The subordinate meetings were ...
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... quarterly and monthly meetings are earnestly recommended and enjoined to give due attention to the same , as the present sense and judgment of this meeting , being as follows , viz .: 66 Agreeable to appointment , we have weightily con ...
... quarterly and monthly meetings are earnestly recommended and enjoined to give due attention to the same , as the present sense and judgment of this meeting , being as follows , viz .: 66 Agreeable to appointment , we have weightily con ...
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... meeting , that such member be testified against , as other transgressors are ... quarterly meetings should be earnestly advised and enjoined , to unite with ... Meeting for consideration , and such further directions as may be judged expe ...
... meeting , that such member be testified against , as other transgressors are ... quarterly meetings should be earnestly advised and enjoined , to unite with ... Meeting for consideration , and such further directions as may be judged expe ...
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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...