The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises , and Other Writings of Members of the Religious Society of Friends, Volume 4

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William Evans
Joseph Rakestraw, 1840
 

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Page 113 - sent from God, whose name was John ; the same came for a witness, to bear witness of the light, that all through him might believe. He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light : that was the true light, which lighteth every man that comes into the world.
Page 128 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood. Wash ye, make ye clean, put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes, cease to do evil, learn to do well ; seek judgment, relieve
Page 110 - I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I hid myself." And the Lord God said, "Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Page 110 - What is this that thou hast done?" And the woman said, " The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." And the Lord God said unto the serpent, " Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field ; on thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat.
Page 119 - caused the earth, and them that dwelt therein, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed ; and he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. And here
Page 242 - mercies, and the God of all comfort, who comforteth us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort those which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." The uniting influence of this comfort remains
Page 388 - and therefore was a castaway ; and I thought if I met with discouragement, I should not be able to bear the Lord's hand in judgment, because I had sinned against him. At length I witnessed the truth of that declaration : " When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness ;
Page 291 - from his prophetic office ; but, saith he, " His word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and could not stay." I saw at this time, that if I was honest in declaring that which Truth opened in me, I could not please all men ; and
Page 113 - Is it a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth;
Page 110 - the serpent said to the woman-, " Ye shall not surely die; for God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil :" and here the serpent got an entrance.

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