Friends' Miscellany, Volume 4John Comly, Isaac Comly editors, 1833 |
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... tion . I had the same inclination to vanity and folly as before . The adversary strove hard to keep pos- session of my heart ; and through weakness , I was several times prevailed upon to join in dancing , and making merry ; which ...
... tion . I had the same inclination to vanity and folly as before . The adversary strove hard to keep pos- session of my heart ; and through weakness , I was several times prevailed upon to join in dancing , and making merry ; which ...
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... tion , without vehemency . Oh ! the transcendent loveliness of the true gospel ministry ! Its beauty and excellency are indescribable ! It is clearly dis- cerned , only by those who are favoured with a true internal sense of the divine ...
... tion , without vehemency . Oh ! the transcendent loveliness of the true gospel ministry ! Its beauty and excellency are indescribable ! It is clearly dis- cerned , only by those who are favoured with a true internal sense of the divine ...
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... tion . " A number of friends of both sexes being pre- sent , and he looking on them , prayed fervently that they might be preserved and supported ; and further said , there was a great backsliding among the youth . A young man , who was ...
... tion . " A number of friends of both sexes being pre- sent , and he looking on them , prayed fervently that they might be preserved and supported ; and further said , there was a great backsliding among the youth . A young man , who was ...
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... tion this godly care and discipline would be to chil- dren ! How they would have to rejoice , when grown up , under a sense of it ! Yea , they would not part with it for a thousand other portions . And what an example it would be to ...
... tion this godly care and discipline would be to chil- dren ! How they would have to rejoice , when grown up , under a sense of it ! Yea , they would not part with it for a thousand other portions . And what an example it would be to ...
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... tion to the divine disposal , and was preserved in much patience and composure , even under excruci- ating pain , and bodily distress : and his close was in great sweetness , without sigh , groan , or struggle , in full assurance of a ...
... tion to the divine disposal , and was preserved in much patience and composure , even under excruci- ating pain , and bodily distress : and his close was in great sweetness , without sigh , groan , or struggle , in full assurance of a ...
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Page 203 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? I beheld.
Page 202 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 10 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily ; and ye are complete in him, who is the Head of all principality and power.
Page 55 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 21 - God who is a Spirit, and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth.
Page 16 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD forever; for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
Page 203 - And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 54 - Here is firm footing ; here is solid rock ! This can support us ; all is sea besides ; Sinks under us ; bestorms, and then devours. His hand the good man fastens on the skies, And bids earth roll, nor feels her idle whirl.
Page 11 - Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously; for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
Page 32 - I know no man in all Arabia who can offer his kindred a more excellent thing than I now do you; I offer you happiness both in this life, and in that which is to come: God Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him; who, therefore, among you will be assisting to me herein, and become my brother, and my vicegerent?