Letters of Elias Hicks: Including Also a Few Short Essays, Written on Several Occasions, Mostly Illustrative of His Doctrinal Views |
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... tion of a very few , which have been taken from copies , either written or printed . The author appears fully to have believed , that the doctrines pro- mulgated in them , were opened to his understanding by that Divine life which is ...
... tion of a very few , which have been taken from copies , either written or printed . The author appears fully to have believed , that the doctrines pro- mulgated in them , were opened to his understanding by that Divine life which is ...
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... oppressors . I therefore recommend this little treatise to the candid and impartial considera- tion of the reader , and subscribe myself his sincere friend , ELIAS HICKS . OBSERVATIONS , & c . THE slavery of the Africans PREFACE .
... oppressors . I therefore recommend this little treatise to the candid and impartial considera- tion of the reader , and subscribe myself his sincere friend , ELIAS HICKS . OBSERVATIONS , & c . THE slavery of the Africans PREFACE .
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... tion to generation , down to the present day it being an undeniable truth , that no rational creature can be any longer a slave , than while the force of war is operating upon him : and as before proved from Scripture , and moral ...
... tion to generation , down to the present day it being an undeniable truth , that no rational creature can be any longer a slave , than while the force of war is operating upon him : and as before proved from Scripture , and moral ...
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... tion in similar cases that interested our feelings : " for instance , let us suppose that the way for obtaining slaves from Africa was entirely intercepted , and no other place opened for obtain- ing any , except in the rivers Delaware ...
... tion in similar cases that interested our feelings : " for instance , let us suppose that the way for obtaining slaves from Africa was entirely intercepted , and no other place opened for obtain- ing any , except in the rivers Delaware ...
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... tion . The following day , we rode to Danbury , and had a meeting there in the evening to good satisfaction : a number who attended , at the close , manifested a desire that we would tarry longer with them and have another meeting , but ...
... tion . The following day , we rode to Danbury , and had a meeting there in the evening to good satisfaction : a number who attended , at the close , manifested a desire that we would tarry longer with them and have another meeting , but ...
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Page 77 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 126 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 73 - For Moses truly said unto the fathers, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you." 'And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Page 69 - Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together; who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I the LORD? And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Page 73 - I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth ; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which He, shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.
Page 42 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.
Page 91 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 233 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 213 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 227 - I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts ; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying ; Know the Lord ; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.