The Friends' Library, Volume 2William Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1838 |
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... comfort and satisfaction I had in his company , he , whom I esteemed above many others , being a loving and a nursing father to me . called the citadel , among the felons , something like a dungeon , where they could not see to work in ...
... comfort and satisfaction I had in his company , he , whom I esteemed above many others , being a loving and a nursing father to me . called the citadel , among the felons , something like a dungeon , where they could not see to work in ...
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... comfort to him , for he was very glad of the company of honest Friends ; and some- times when they asked him how he did , he would say , " Weak in body , but strong in the Lord - all is well . " He was borne up in his spirit beyond what ...
... comfort to him , for he was very glad of the company of honest Friends ; and some- times when they asked him how he did , he would say , " Weak in body , but strong in the Lord - all is well . " He was borne up in his spirit beyond what ...
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... comfort in my heart . Wherefore I took up a godly resolution in his fear , " I will rely upon the sufficiency of thy power , O Lord , for ever . " About six years after I had received the truth , through great exercise and godly sorrow ...
... comfort in my heart . Wherefore I took up a godly resolution in his fear , " I will rely upon the sufficiency of thy power , O Lord , for ever . " About six years after I had received the truth , through great exercise and godly sorrow ...
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... comfort , to the building of us up together in the most holy faith . My dear , my heart is overcome in the love of God , with a desire that thou mayest feel the same to thy comfort , with all thine . The Lord keep and preserve you all ...
... comfort , to the building of us up together in the most holy faith . My dear , my heart is overcome in the love of God , with a desire that thou mayest feel the same to thy comfort , with all thine . The Lord keep and preserve you all ...
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... comfort . And it is the work of the devil , by promises to them who wait upon him , as his evil power and dark spirit , and wicked in- you yourselves are witnesses . Although our struments actuated thereby , to divide and travels in ...
... comfort . And it is the work of the devil , by promises to them who wait upon him , as his evil power and dark spirit , and wicked in- you yourselves are witnesses . Although our struments actuated thereby , to divide and travels in ...
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Page 423 - He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with his arm, And carry them in his bosom, And shall gently lead those that are with young.
Page 479 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page 456 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 38 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 354 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 297 - 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 354 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections; whom we are commanded to "love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 344 - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Page 366 - 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 362 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.