The Select Works of William Penn....J.Phillips, 1782 - Society of Friends |
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Page 94
... use lawful things , left we should use them unlawfully . The words of the prophet were fulfilled on us : Wherefore do I fee every man with his hands on his loins , as a woman in travail ? Many a pang and throe have we had ; our heaven ...
... use lawful things , left we should use them unlawfully . The words of the prophet were fulfilled on us : Wherefore do I fee every man with his hands on his loins , as a woman in travail ? Many a pang and throe have we had ; our heaven ...
Page 97
... use of these customs in our addreffes and falutations is , from the confideration of their very empti- ness and vanity ; that there is nothing of true honour and respect in them , fuppofing them not to be evil . And as religion and ...
... use of these customs in our addreffes and falutations is , from the confideration of their very empti- ness and vanity ; that there is nothing of true honour and respect in them , fuppofing them not to be evil . And as religion and ...
Page 100
... uses the word thus , where he fays , A prophet is not without honour , fave in his own country " : " that is , he has credit , and is valued , fave at home . The apostle to the Theffalonians has a faying to that effect : That every one ...
... uses the word thus , where he fays , A prophet is not without honour , fave in his own country " : " that is , he has credit , and is valued , fave at home . The apostle to the Theffalonians has a faying to that effect : That every one ...
Page 103
... use of these idle refpects ; till paffion , too ftrong for cunning , break through hypocrify into open affront and revenge . It cannot be fo with the fcripture - honour : to obey , or prefer a man , out of spite , is not ufually done ...
... use of these idle refpects ; till paffion , too ftrong for cunning , break through hypocrify into open affront and revenge . It cannot be fo with the fcripture - honour : to obey , or prefer a man , out of spite , is not ufually done ...
Page 104
... use those ceremonies ; but if they do , it is fo awkwardly and meanly , that they are esteemed by a court - critic fa ill- favoured , as only fit to make a jeft of , and be laughed at but what fober man will not deem their obedience ...
... use those ceremonies ; but if they do , it is fo awkwardly and meanly , that they are esteemed by a court - critic fa ill- favoured , as only fit to make a jeft of , and be laughed at but what fober man will not deem their obedience ...
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Page 116 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Page 382 - God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus...
Page 297 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 62 - If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Page 181 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 180 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of GOD of great price.
Page 45 - Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul. CIV. BLESS the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 61 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 104 - For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Page 418 - Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.