These things I did not see by the help of man, nor by the letter (though they are written in the letter), but I saw them in the light of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by his immediate Spirit and power, as did the holy men of God, by whom the Holy Scriptures... Lives of Distinguished Shoemakers - Page 2501849 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ian Harris - History - 1998 - 460 pages
...however, came from the Quakers. George Fox maintained the usual view of the Holy Spirit, recounting that 'I did not see by the help of man nor by the letter . . . but I saw ... in the light of the Lord Jesus Christ and by his immediate Spirit and power' and,... | |
| Ted LeRoy Underwood - Religion - 1997 - 201 pages
...therefore it was the Spirit that was the Quakers' guide as well. Of his own enlightenment Fox testified, "These things I did not see by the help of man, nor...and power, as did the holy men of God, by whom the Holy Scriptures were written." Further, the Spirit, Thomas Lawson argued, enabled New Testament Christians... | |
| David Parnham - Religion - 1997 - 378 pages
...estimable than them: "that Spirit by which they were given forth." The things of salvation, moreover, "I did not see by the help of man, nor by the letter,...and power, as did the holy men of God, by whom the Holy Scriptures were written." 124 Vane saw that spiritualist misconceptions of the kataphatic God... | |
| F. Regina Psaki, Charles Hindley - Religion - 2001 - 394 pages
...might be led into all Truth, and so up to Christ and God, as they had been who gave them forth. . . These things I did not see by the help of man, nor...and power, as did the holy men of God, by whom the Holy Scriptures were written. Yet I had no slight esteem of the Holy Scriptures, but they were very... | |
| George Fox, Norman Penney, William Penn - 1962 - 852 pages
...which brings salvation, had appeared to all men, and that the manifestation of the Spirit of God was given to every man to profit withal. These things...and power, as did the holy men of God, by whom the Holy Scriptures were written. Yet I had no slight esteem of the Holy Scriptures, but they were very... | |
| Society of Friends - 1892 - 1274 pages
...which brings salvation, had appeared to all men, and that the manifestation of the spirit of God was given to every man to profit withal. These things...and power, as did the holy men of God, by whom the holy Scriptures were written." Again, a portion of Jesus's prayer is quoted, to show recognition in... | |
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