The Friends' Library, Volume 2William Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1838 |
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... suffer for the testimony of God ; in which he was preserved firm and true , to the stripping of his goods by the Conventicle Act , public sale being made of what he had ; yet the Lord bore him up over all , that he was as one of the ...
... suffer for the testimony of God ; in which he was preserved firm and true , to the stripping of his goods by the Conventicle Act , public sale being made of what he had ; yet the Lord bore him up over all , that he was as one of the ...
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... suffer , for no other cause , than worshipping God among his people , I desire you to be content , and do not murmur or complain : but live in love , quietness , and all unity with each other , that the blessing of the Lord may be upon ...
... suffer , for no other cause , than worshipping God among his people , I desire you to be content , and do not murmur or complain : but live in love , quietness , and all unity with each other , that the blessing of the Lord may be upon ...
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... suffer for the same . " From the house of our friend , Mungo Bewly , one of the prisoners , ( being five ) where the constables are ready to take us away to pri- son , in the city of Carlisle in Cumberland , the 8th day of the Fifth ...
... suffer for the same . " From the house of our friend , Mungo Bewly , one of the prisoners , ( being five ) where the constables are ready to take us away to pri- son , in the city of Carlisle in Cumberland , the 8th day of the Fifth ...
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... suffer- ing , and giving up whatever we have or enjoy in this world . " My dear heart , give all up freely , as to the Lord our God , to be ordered and disposed of by him , who is wise and wonderful in coun- sel , and to be admired of ...
... suffer- ing , and giving up whatever we have or enjoy in this world . " My dear heart , give all up freely , as to the Lord our God , to be ordered and disposed of by him , who is wise and wonderful in coun- sel , and to be admired of ...
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... suffer or undergo strength , but became worse again , and am in this life , if that be attained unto . very weak . I greatly desire this may come " Remember my dear and tender love , and safe to thy hand , that thou mayest understand ...
... suffer or undergo strength , but became worse again , and am in this life , if that be attained unto . very weak . I greatly desire this may come " Remember my dear and tender love , and safe to thy hand , that thou mayest understand ...
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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.