Biographical Memoirs: Being a Record of the Christian Lives, Experiences, and Deaths of Members of the Religious Society of Friends, from Its Rise, to 1653, Volumen1W. and F.G. Cash, 1854 - 255 páginas |
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... persons , who were careful to cherish in their son , that gravity and stability of mind and spirit , by which in his childhood he was distinguished . The work of the Lord was early begun , and gradually carried forward in him ; even ...
... persons , who were careful to cherish in their son , that gravity and stability of mind and spirit , by which in his childhood he was distinguished . The work of the Lord was early begun , and gradually carried forward in him ; even ...
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... persons ; a place so wretched , and infested with vermin , that one of its inmates was almost eaten alive . Yet even under these discouraging circum- stances , George Fox's christian spirit exercised a powerful influence upon the ...
... persons ; a place so wretched , and infested with vermin , that one of its inmates was almost eaten alive . Yet even under these discouraging circum- stances , George Fox's christian spirit exercised a powerful influence upon the ...
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... persons of consideration , George Fox drew back a little , and was about to take his leave , when the Pro- tector caught him by the hand , and in a feeling manner said , " Come again to my house ; for if thou and I were but an hour of a ...
... persons of consideration , George Fox drew back a little , and was about to take his leave , when the Pro- tector caught him by the hand , and in a feeling manner said , " Come again to my house ; for if thou and I were but an hour of a ...
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... persons of various persuasions , he again left the metropolis , and continued dili- gently to travel through various districts of England during the years 1654 and 1655 ; and although occasionally arrested or otherwise mis- used , yet ...
... persons of various persuasions , he again left the metropolis , and continued dili- gently to travel through various districts of England during the years 1654 and 1655 ; and although occasionally arrested or otherwise mis- used , yet ...
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... persons of other persuasions . Many of the latter were driven into concealment by the cruelties practised toward dissenters ; and these expressed their belief , that if Friends did not stand their ground , the whole nation would be ...
... persons of other persuasions . Many of the latter were driven into concealment by the cruelties practised toward dissenters ; and these expressed their belief , that if Friends did not stand their ground , the whole nation would be ...
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Página 229 - And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
Página 62 - In God alone it can rejoice, though none else regard it, or can own its life.
Página 62 - ... any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end: its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself. It sees to the end of all temptations. As it bears no evil in itself, so it conceives none in thought to any other.
Página 137 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Página 4 - My desires after the Lord grew stronger, and zeal in the pure knowledge of God, and of Christ alone, without the help of any man, book, or writing. For though I read the Scriptures that...
Página 10 - Many more words I had with him; but people coming in, I drew a little back. As I was turning, he caught me by the hand, and with tears in his eyes said, "Come again to my house; for if thou and I were but an hour of a day together, we should be nearer one to the other"; adding that he wished me no more ill than he did to his own soul.
Página 62 - There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end : its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.
Página 57 - Night, as a wandering bird fit for a prey. And if the Lord of all my mercies had not rescued me, I had perished ; for I was as one appointed to death and destruction, and there was none to deliver me.
Página 82 - ... my crown for ever and ever ! Therefore, you that are left behind, fear not, nor be discouraged, but go on in the name and power of the Lord ; and bear a faithful and living testimony for him in your day. And the Lord will prosper his work in your hand, and cause his Truth to flourish and spread abroad. For it shall have the victory, and no weapon formed against it shall prosper. The Lord hath determined, it shall possess the gates of its enemies ; and the glory and the light thereof shall shine...
Página 4 - And when all my hopes in them and in all men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, nor could tell what to do, then, Oh then, I heard a voice which said, There is one even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition', and when I heard it my heart did leap for joy.