 | George Fox - 1694 - 536 pages
...the fewness and fullness of his words, have often struck, even strangers, with admiration, as they used to reach others with consolation. The most awful,...say was his in prayer. And truly it was a testimony he knew and lived nearer to the Lord than other men; for they that know him most will see most reason... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 506 pages
...living, reverent frame I ever felt or beheld, I muft fay, was his in prayer. And truly it was a teftimony he knew and lived nearer to the Lord than other men ; for they that know him moft, will fee moft reafon to approach him wir.h reverence and fear, - VJ. He VI. He was of an innocent... | |
 | Henry Tuke - Quakers - 1813 - 348 pages
...reverend frame I ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer. And. truly it was a testimony he knew and lived nearer to the Lord, than other men ; for they that know him most, will see most ceason to approach him. •with reverence and fear." In the establishment of the discipline, it has... | |
 | Henry Tuke - Quakers - 1813 - 344 pages
...strangers with admiration; as they used to reach others with" consolation. The most awful, living, reverend frame I ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer. .And truly it was a testimony he knew and lived nearer to the Lord, than other men ; for they that know him most, will see most reason... | |
 | Henry Tuke - Quakers - 1815 - 342 pages
...reverend frame I ever felt or beheld, l.jnust say, was his in prayer. And truly it was a •testimony he knew and lived nearer to the Lord, than other men...most reason to approach him with reverence and fear." In the establishment of the discipline, it has already been observed, that he met with much opposition... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1817 - 404 pages
...used to reach others with consolation. The most awful, living, reverend frame I ever felt or heheld, I must say was his in prayer. And truly it was a testimony he knew and lived nearer tu the Lord than other men : (or they that know him most, will sec most reason... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...and the fewness and fulness of his words, have often struck even strangers with admiration, as they used to reach others with consolation. The most awful,...ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer." — " Graceful he was in countenance," says Ellwood, " manly in personage, grave in gesture, courteous... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...and the fewness and fulness of his words, have often struck even strangers with admiration, as they used to reach others with consolation. The most awful,...ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer." — " Graceful he was in countenance," says Ellwood, " manly in personage, grave in gesture, courteous... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...and the fewness and fulness of his words, have often struck even strangers with admiration, as they used to reach others with consolation. The most awful,...ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer." — " Graceful he was in countenance," says Ellwood, " manly in personage, grave in gesture, courteous... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...and the fewness and fulness of his words, have often struck even strangers with admiration, as they used to reach others with consolation. The most awful,...ever felt or beheld, I must say, was his in prayer." — " Graceful he was in countenance," says Ellwood, " manly in personage, grave in gesture, courteous... | |
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But, above all, he excelled in prayer. The inwardness and weight of his spirit, the reverence and solemnity of his address and behaviour, and the fewness and fulness of his words, have often struck even strangers with admiration, as they used to reach... 
