Holy Scripture the Test of Truth: An Appeal to Its Paramount Authority Against Certain Passages in Dr. Hancock's "Defence," and in the Writings of Barclay and Penn |
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... early history of the Christian church , has satisfied my mind , that the origin of certain prevalent unscriptural views , is to be found in some very early , and ap- parently unimportant , departures from Scripture language , and from ...
... early history of the Christian church , has satisfied my mind , that the origin of certain prevalent unscriptural views , is to be found in some very early , and ap- parently unimportant , departures from Scripture language , and from ...
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... early Friends , and in those of a succession of writers down to the pre- sent time . But , while our authorized ministers preach , while our elders uphold , and our writers defend these doctrines , it is due to the body , as well as to ...
... early Friends , and in those of a succession of writers down to the pre- sent time . But , while our authorized ministers preach , while our elders uphold , and our writers defend these doctrines , it is due to the body , as well as to ...
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... early Friends . It may be observed , in reference to the most offen- sive passages in general , and to the blasphemous * ones in particular , which are quoted in the " Beacon , " from Hicks and his deluded disciples , that we may ...
... early Friends . It may be observed , in reference to the most offen- sive passages in general , and to the blasphemous * ones in particular , which are quoted in the " Beacon , " from Hicks and his deluded disciples , that we may ...
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... What saith the Scripture ? but - What say our early Friends ? Now I will not hesitate to declare my conviction , that this is not only dangerous in the extreme , but D utterly at variance with the Society's latest published document . 19.
... What saith the Scripture ? but - What say our early Friends ? Now I will not hesitate to declare my conviction , that this is not only dangerous in the extreme , but D utterly at variance with the Society's latest published document . 19.
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... early Friends ; and , excited by the heroic courage and Christian for- titude with which they bore up against the cruel and vulgar persecution of their day , they stood up in the breach like veteran champions ; and , young as they were ...
... early Friends ; and , excited by the heroic courage and Christian for- titude with which they bore up against the cruel and vulgar persecution of their day , they stood up in the breach like veteran champions ; and , young as they were ...
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Popular passages
Page 71 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 72 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 76 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 67 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh...
Page 41 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Page 41 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 71 - O thou by whom we come to God— The life, the truth, the way ; The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 51 - And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Page 18 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Page 84 - For by grace are ye saved through faith ; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.