The Friends' Library, Volume 2William Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1838 |
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... returned home to my parents , and lived with them about a year more . Upon the 26th day of the sixth month , 1664 , I took a Friend , by name Ann Littledale , to wife , in a public meeting of God's people , in scorn called Quakers , in ...
... returned home to my parents , and lived with them about a year more . Upon the 26th day of the sixth month , 1664 , I took a Friend , by name Ann Littledale , to wife , in a public meeting of God's people , in scorn called Quakers , in ...
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... returned to our own country . It was not long until the Lord required of me to go to Ireland again ; and in the third month , 1671 , I was made willing to go , in obedience to the requirings of the Lord , and his presence was with me ...
... returned to our own country . It was not long until the Lord required of me to go to Ireland again ; and in the third month , 1671 , I was made willing to go , in obedience to the requirings of the Lord , and his presence was with me ...
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... returned to him , who is worthy for ever ; whose the work is , and who is mighty by his own power , for car- rying on the same . " My dear one , my daily cry and secret breathings are to the Lord for thee , that thou mayest be preserved ...
... returned to him , who is worthy for ever ; whose the work is , and who is mighty by his own power , for car- rying on the same . " My dear one , my daily cry and secret breathings are to the Lord for thee , that thou mayest be preserved ...
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... returned , and he continued to his life's end a loving and tender husband , and an indulgent father to our children and through the Lord's goodness to him , he was convinced that it was the truth for which I suffered . And I do believe ...
... returned , and he continued to his life's end a loving and tender husband , and an indulgent father to our children and through the Lord's goodness to him , he was convinced that it was the truth for which I suffered . And I do believe ...
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... returned to her house at Tottenham , and grew weaker and weaker , till she quietly departed this life like a lamb . During the time of her sickness she gave much good advice and counsel to her family , as also to others who came to ...
... returned to her house at Tottenham , and grew weaker and weaker , till she quietly departed this life like a lamb . During the time of her sickness she gave much good advice and counsel to her family , as also to others who came to ...
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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.