Letters of Elias Hicks: Including Also a Few Short Essays, Written on Several Occasions, Mostly Illustrative of His Doctrinal Views |
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... person but the same possession : and should this possession be continued through a line of transfer to the twentieth person , still it would be nothing more than the same criminal possession that was vested in the first possessor , and ...
... person but the same possession : and should this possession be continued through a line of transfer to the twentieth person , still it would be nothing more than the same criminal possession that was vested in the first possessor , and ...
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... person who receives it by transfer is informed of the criminal circum- stance , ) it can make no possible difference , except that one is protected by the indulgence of a partial law of the country we live in , and the other is not . By ...
... person who receives it by transfer is informed of the criminal circum- stance , ) it can make no possible difference , except that one is protected by the indulgence of a partial law of the country we live in , and the other is not . By ...
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... persons consider the prac- tice not only admissible , but consistent with justice and social order . But I am led to doubt the possibility of any rational , moral person being thus circumstanced , unless he is first greatly blinded by ...
... persons consider the prac- tice not only admissible , but consistent with justice and social order . But I am led to doubt the possibility of any rational , moral person being thus circumstanced , unless he is first greatly blinded by ...
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... person . Q. 4. Does the highway robber , that meets his fellow - citizen on the highway , and robs him of all the property he has in his present possession , and then leaves him at liberty , without injuring his person , commit as high ...
... person . Q. 4. Does the highway robber , that meets his fellow - citizen on the highway , and robs him of all the property he has in his present possession , and then leaves him at liberty , without injuring his person , commit as high ...
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... person of him they style their slave , to his labour , or to the produce of it ; so , they can convey no right in such person , nor in the produce of his labour to another ; and whatever number of hands they may pass through , ( if the ...
... person of him they style their slave , to his labour , or to the produce of it ; so , they can convey no right in such person , nor in the produce of his labour to another ; and whatever number of hands they may pass through , ( if the ...
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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.