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Page vii
... means of narrowing the grounds of dispute , by drawing the attention of all parties to those fundamental and catholic principles in which they concur . " To this we may add , that a more perfect subjection to the authority of the great ...
... means of narrowing the grounds of dispute , by drawing the attention of all parties to those fundamental and catholic principles in which they concur . " To this we may add , that a more perfect subjection to the authority of the great ...
Page viii
... mean and inconsiderable , be expected to surrender his conscience to the claims of ecclesiastical dominion . " We have reason to bless God for the liberty of the press we now enjoy , and thus have every encouragement , by the ...
... mean and inconsiderable , be expected to surrender his conscience to the claims of ecclesiastical dominion . " We have reason to bless God for the liberty of the press we now enjoy , and thus have every encouragement , by the ...
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... means of eliciting truth , by the variety of opinion that may be expressed . I fear in most cases , there is greater danger of losing love than gaining truth . They are often the means of generating heart - burnings , and alienations of ...
... means of eliciting truth , by the variety of opinion that may be expressed . I fear in most cases , there is greater danger of losing love than gaining truth . They are often the means of generating heart - burnings , and alienations of ...
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... means to certain ends . These are the edification of the disciples , and the conversion of the world . Both these we see frequently attained to a considerable degree , under what appears to us very defective , if not unscriptural ...
... means to certain ends . These are the edification of the disciples , and the conversion of the world . Both these we see frequently attained to a considerable degree , under what appears to us very defective , if not unscriptural ...
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... means of improving their flocks , they succeed just in proportion as they be- come irregular ; the more they employ customs which prevail among us , or approach to our's , the more they find themselves " blessed in their work . " The ...
... means of improving their flocks , they succeed just in proportion as they be- come irregular ; the more they employ customs which prevail among us , or approach to our's , the more they find themselves " blessed in their work . " The ...
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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.