A Portraiture of Quakerism: As Taken from a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Oeconomy and Character of the Society of Friends, Volume 3R. Taylor, 1806 - Society of Friends |
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... Gospel - ministry - Quakers hold it unlawful to pay their own ministers , or those of any other denomination , for their Gospel labours - scriptural passages and hi- storical facts relative to this doctrine .. 115 SECT . 2. Additional ...
... Gospel - ministry - Quakers hold it unlawful to pay their own ministers , or those of any other denomination , for their Gospel labours - scriptural passages and hi- storical facts relative to this doctrine .. 115 SECT . 2. Additional ...
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... Gospel . If all men were to become real Christians , Civil Government would become less neces- sary . As there would be then no offences , there would be no need of magistracy or of punishment . As men would then settle any differences ...
... Gospel . If all men were to become real Christians , Civil Government would become less neces- sary . As there would be then no offences , there would be no need of magistracy or of punishment . As men would then settle any differences ...
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... Gospel - language is called both the Truth and the Eternal Word , may be considered as putting an end to this , as to other types and shadows of the Jewish church . L CHAP- CHAPTER III . SECTION I. War - Tenet on war 24 GREAT TENETS .
... Gospel - language is called both the Truth and the Eternal Word , may be considered as putting an end to this , as to other types and shadows of the Jewish church . L CHAP- CHAPTER III . SECTION I. War - Tenet on war 24 GREAT TENETS .
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... Gospel - dispensation , between Jew and Gentile , Greek and Barbarian , Bond and Free ? That these words were meant to extend to public as well as private wars , the Qua- kers believe , again , from the views which they entertain ...
... Gospel - dispensation , between Jew and Gentile , Greek and Barbarian , Bond and Free ? That these words were meant to extend to public as well as private wars , the Qua- kers believe , again , from the views which they entertain ...
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... Gospel . They ought not to abridge its dignity , nor to put limits to its benevolence . If it was the desire of Jesus Christ that men should love their enemies , it is their duty to believe that his wish could not have been otherwise ...
... Gospel . They ought not to abridge its dignity , nor to put limits to its benevolence . If it was the desire of Jesus Christ that men should love their enemies , it is their duty to believe that his wish could not have been otherwise ...
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Page 28 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ...
Page 86 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 18 - But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 18 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by 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 heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Page 18 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 27 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 117 - Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
Page 341 - ... train up a child in the way he should go, that when he is old he will not depart from it.
Page 375 - This person, having filled a public station in the former times, lived now a private and retired life in London, and having wholly lost his sight, kept always a man to read to him, which usually was the son of some gentleman of his acquaintance, whom in kindness he took to improve in his learning.
Page 33 - Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.