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... although many weighty arguments were objected against the position . Certainly it cannot be denied that John the Baptist was sent of God to preach re- pentance ; and yet in sacred writ it is said 1677 . 25 SOCIETY OF FRIENDS .
... although many weighty arguments were objected against the position . Certainly it cannot be denied that John the Baptist was sent of God to preach re- pentance ; and yet in sacred writ it is said 1677 . 25 SOCIETY OF FRIENDS .
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... sent of God , appears plainly from what our Saviour himself said , viz . that among those to whom he should say , Depart from me , would be such who should say , Have we not in thy name cast out devils , and in thy name done ma- ny ...
... sent of God , appears plainly from what our Saviour himself said , viz . that among those to whom he should say , Depart from me , would be such who should say , Have we not in thy name cast out devils , and in thy name done ma- ny ...
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... sent to them . And before this year came to an end , the peace was concluded . In the meanwhile persecution went on in Eng- land , and those that were envious did not want a specious pretence to gild their malice ; for about this time a ...
... sent to them . And before this year came to an end , the peace was concluded . In the meanwhile persecution went on in Eng- land , and those that were envious did not want a specious pretence to gild their malice ; for about this time a ...
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... sent to thee ; but know it was done at the command of the author ; and not undeserv- edly ; for if thou rightly weighest and considerest the matter , thou must with us acknowledge , that it would be very unworthily done to keep this ...
... sent to thee ; but know it was done at the command of the author ; and not undeserv- edly ; for if thou rightly weighest and considerest the matter , thou must with us acknowledge , that it would be very unworthily done to keep this ...
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... sent down from heaven , but devised and invented by your- selves are ye not worse than they , who desired fire to be called from heaven to destroy nien's lives ? And seeing Christ told them , that they knew not what manner of spirit ...
... sent down from heaven , but devised and invented by your- selves are ye not worse than they , who desired fire to be called from heaven to destroy nien's lives ? And seeing Christ told them , that they knew not what manner of spirit ...
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Page 156 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 415 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 354 - The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light.
Page 188 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 311 - But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, — is therefore Christ the minister of sin ? God forbid ! 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
Page 155 - The wise man's eyes are in his head ; but the fool walketh in darkness : and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Page 189 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words: I AB profess faith in God the father, and in Jesus Christ his eternal son, the true God, and in the holy spirit, one God blessed for evermore...
Page 181 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 131 - For the living know that they shall die : but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 370 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.