The Friends' Library, Volume 13William Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1849 |
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... exercise , but the Lord alone , that hath pro- mised to be with his people in all their troubles and exercises , and that he would not leave them nor forsake them . I was very ready and wil- ling to take hold of his promises ; and my ...
... exercise , but the Lord alone , that hath pro- mised to be with his people in all their troubles and exercises , and that he would not leave them nor forsake them . I was very ready and wil- ling to take hold of his promises ; and my ...
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... exercise to many honest Friends , and especially to my wife and me ; and we were ready to say , hath the Lord sent us here , to be instrumental for the gathering of a people in this country , and hath he suffered the enemy to scatter ...
... exercise to many honest Friends , and especially to my wife and me ; and we were ready to say , hath the Lord sent us here , to be instrumental for the gathering of a people in this country , and hath he suffered the enemy to scatter ...
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... exercise , which came pretty close to her ; but she like- wise in love , after a little consideration , gave me up for that service . So in a few days I took my journey , and went first to Thomas El- lis's house , to visit his wife and ...
... exercise , which came pretty close to her ; but she like- wise in love , after a little consideration , gave me up for that service . So in a few days I took my journey , and went first to Thomas El- lis's house , to visit his wife and ...
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... exercises this year , 1682 , be their teacher and leader into all truth . These in London , both from false brethren and ... exercise that was upon me , till he had done . Then my mouth was opened in the name and power of God , who had ...
... exercises this year , 1682 , be their teacher and leader into all truth . These in London , both from false brethren and ... exercise that was upon me , till he had done . Then my mouth was opened in the name and power of God , who had ...
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... exercise ; for on the 1st of the third month , his dear and honest wife died , who had been very tender and careful over him , and a woman very serviceable to Friends and truth in many respects . She was a plain , upright , and honest ...
... exercise ; for on the 1st of the third month , his dear and honest wife died , who had been very tender and careful over him , and a woman very serviceable to Friends and truth in many respects . She was a plain , upright , and honest ...
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Page 109 - 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 6 - But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Page 24 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 467 - God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 118 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 116 - When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which He hath given thee.
Page 56 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 3 - I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Page 343 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace ? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Page 115 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; * but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.