Letters of Elias Hicks: Including Also a Few Short Essays, Written on Several Occasions, Mostly Illustrative of His Doctrinal Views |
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... never has known , nor ever can know , God , in relation either to his essence or those excellent attributes which are in corres- pondence and unison with his pure , holy , and unchangeable nature ; for that which may be known of God is ...
... never has known , nor ever can know , God , in relation either to his essence or those excellent attributes which are in corres- pondence and unison with his pure , holy , and unchangeable nature ; for that which may be known of God is ...
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... never produce real belief , or a faith that any rational creature can rely upon . I am fully convinced , that the doctrines thou art endeavouring to dis- seminate , and which have been professed by thousands in days past , and are held ...
... never produce real belief , or a faith that any rational creature can rely upon . I am fully convinced , that the doctrines thou art endeavouring to dis- seminate , and which have been professed by thousands in days past , and are held ...
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... never willed nor ordained the commission of any . Sin arises entirely out of the corrupt independent will of man ; and which will is not of God's creating , but springs up and has its origin in man's disobedience and transgression , by ...
... never willed nor ordained the commission of any . Sin arises entirely out of the corrupt independent will of man ; and which will is not of God's creating , but springs up and has its origin in man's disobedience and transgression , by ...
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... never willed nor ordained ; and in this correct view of things we fairly and fully exonerate the divine Author of all good , from being the author of sin , in any degree , and from willing any thing but good ; and justly place the odium ...
... never willed nor ordained ; and in this correct view of things we fairly and fully exonerate the divine Author of all good , from being the author of sin , in any degree , and from willing any thing but good ; and justly place the odium ...
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... never amend ? The answer appears to me obvious , and natural - he has . For when I reflect upon the beautiful order displayed by Divine Wisdom in the universe , I am at a loss to conceive how the rational creature man should have ...
... never amend ? The answer appears to me obvious , and natural - he has . For when I reflect upon the beautiful order displayed by Divine Wisdom in the universe , I am at a loss to conceive how the rational creature man should have ...
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Page 77 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 126 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 73 - For Moses truly said unto the fathers, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you." 'And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Page 69 - Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together; who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I the LORD? And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Page 73 - I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth ; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which He, shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.
Page 42 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.
Page 91 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 233 - 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 213 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 227 - I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts ; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying ; Know the Lord ; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.