Friendly Letters to the Society of Friends: On Some of Their Distinguishing PrinciplesArchibald Fullarton, 1836 - 382 pages |
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... primary principle of the inward light , and the immediate and independent guidance of the Spirit , as to enfeeble the force of that influence upon the conscience which they would have possessed , had the Holy Scriptures been dis ...
... primary principle of the inward light , and the immediate and independent guidance of the Spirit , as to enfeeble the force of that influence upon the conscience which they would have possessed , had the Holy Scriptures been dis ...
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... primary ? The mistake and presump- tion involved in such à sentiment , and in such a fear , will be afterwards considered . Allow me farther to ask you , whether , in Quaker education , the object , to a very great extent , has not been ...
... primary ? The mistake and presump- tion involved in such à sentiment , and in such a fear , will be afterwards considered . Allow me farther to ask you , whether , in Quaker education , the object , to a very great extent , has not been ...
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... its very foun- dation is wrong , -its primary elements unsound . But is not the formation of characters of this de- scription greatly encouraged by your regarding all belonging to the families of your Society as born Quakers 16.
... its very foun- dation is wrong , -its primary elements unsound . But is not the formation of characters of this de- scription greatly encouraged by your regarding all belonging to the families of your Society as born Quakers 16.
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... primary and elementary principles , the spirit I mean of self - righteous confidence towards God . I know well , that there are those amongst Friends , who will disown this temper of mind , and confess themselves , with the truest ...
... primary and elementary principles , the spirit I mean of self - righteous confidence towards God . I know well , that there are those amongst Friends , who will disown this temper of mind , and confess themselves , with the truest ...
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... primary authority of the inward light , -and to the secondary authority of the Holy Scrip- tures . I do not , I presume , go too far , when I speak of the former of these , from which indeed the latter is but a corollary , and hardly ...
... primary authority of the inward light , -and to the secondary authority of the Holy Scrip- tures . I do not , I presume , go too far , when I speak of the former of these , from which indeed the latter is but a corollary , and hardly ...
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Page 219 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 166 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world; that they which see not might see, and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 184 - For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law : and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law ; (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified...
Page 148 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Page 290 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 272 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Page 275 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 261 - But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see : and they that have not heard shall understand.
Page 188 - For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law : but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Page 322 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.