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... judge , and act for himself . One is your Master , even Christ . ' If these princi- ples be just , any system which directly violates them , must stand self - condemned . 999 • The distinguishing feature of Episcopacy , com- mon to the ...
... judge , and act for himself . One is your Master , even Christ . ' If these princi- ples be just , any system which directly violates them , must stand self - condemned . 999 • The distinguishing feature of Episcopacy , com- mon to the ...
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... judge for himself which he should accept ; thus recognising the principle that the path of duty to every man is after due deliberation the ultimate decision of his own mind . But when I speak of Presbytery , I speak of the power ...
... judge for himself which he should accept ; thus recognising the principle that the path of duty to every man is after due deliberation the ultimate decision of his own mind . But when I speak of Presbytery , I speak of the power ...
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... judge for himself in the regulation of his conduct that no man can give a blind and implicit obedience safely to the decrees of any body of men , however venerable their authority that every man must be deter- mined by his own ...
... judge for himself in the regulation of his conduct that no man can give a blind and implicit obedience safely to the decrees of any body of men , however venerable their authority that every man must be deter- mined by his own ...
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... judge it right or not . Thus , there is no in- fringement on the essential principle of all spiri- tual obedience , -personal conviction . In the other , there is . We thus see how near these bodies approach each other . I should rather ...
... judge it right or not . Thus , there is no in- fringement on the essential principle of all spiri- tual obedience , -personal conviction . In the other , there is . We thus see how near these bodies approach each other . I should rather ...
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... judge , I can give almost as particular an account , as I can of myself . I know the state of their progress in religion . By my frequent visits and converse with them , I am acquainted with their several temptations , trials , and ...
... judge , I can give almost as particular an account , as I can of myself . I know the state of their progress in religion . By my frequent visits and converse with them , I am acquainted with their several temptations , trials , and ...
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Page 38 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 18 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 98 - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : — Therefore let us keep the feast...
Page 18 - But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Page 104 - Saviour to do to others as we would that others should do to us should induce Friends who held slaves " to set them at liberty, making a Christian provision for them...
Page 15 - And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 96 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page v - Apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thou,sand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds.
Page 18 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 117 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also **. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.