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since nothing can quicken or make people alive to God , but the life of God : and
it must be a ministry in and from life , that ... It is not our parts , or memory , the
repetition of former openings in our own will and time , that will do God's work .
since nothing can quicken or make people alive to God , but the life of God : and
it must be a ministry in and from life , that ... It is not our parts , or memory , the
repetition of former openings in our own will and time , that will do God's work .
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And now , as for you that are the children of God's peo . ple , a great concern is
upon my spirit for your good ; and often ... may be to God , an holy nation and a
peculiar people , zealous of good works , when all our heads are laid in the dust .
And now , as for you that are the children of God's peo . ple , a great concern is
upon my spirit for your good ; and often ... may be to God , an holy nation and a
peculiar people , zealous of good works , when all our heads are laid in the dust .
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know that the will of God is , we shall go to speak at some other place ; here we
cannot say these words truly . ... and knows the power of God to lead him ,
according to God's will , and it leads him to another place than that which is
called the ...
know that the will of God is , we shall go to speak at some other place ; here we
cannot say these words truly . ... and knows the power of God to lead him ,
according to God's will , and it leads him to another place than that which is
called the ...
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Then afterward the pure pearl ariseth ; and then the eternal God is exalted . The
same light that calls in your minds out of the world ( that are abroad ) the same
turns them to God , the Father of lights . Here in the pure mind is the pure God ...
Then afterward the pure pearl ariseth ; and then the eternal God is exalted . The
same light that calls in your minds out of the world ( that are abroad ) the same
turns them to God , the Father of lights . Here in the pure mind is the pure God ...
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And thuu being come to the principle of God , which hath been transgressed , it
will keep thee humble ; and the humble , God ... ( which is Christ , by which all
things were made and created ) to be thereby preserved and ordered to God's
glory .
And thuu being come to the principle of God , which hath been transgressed , it
will keep thee humble ; and the humble , God ... ( which is Christ , by which all
things were made and created ) to be thereby preserved and ordered to God's
glory .
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Page 343 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ; to another faith by the same Spirit ; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy ; to another discerning of spirits ; to another divers kinds of tongues ; to another the interpretation of tongues ; but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
Page 327 - Little children, it is the last time ; and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Page 280 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 354 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward. "Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
Page 104 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 332 - After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Page 374 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 399 - He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye are saved) and hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus ; that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Page 465 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 257 - Shall I not visit for these things? Saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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| Title | A journal or historical account of the life, travels, sufferings, Christian experiences and labour of love in the work of the ministry ... of ... George Fox. Vol. 1 [the only volume]. Volume 1 of A journal or historical account of the life, travels, sufferings, Christian experiences and labour of love in the work of the ministry ... of ... George Fox. Vol. 1 [the only volume], George Fox |
| Author | George Fox |
| Published | 1694 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2006 |
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