The Doctrines of Friends: Or Principles of the Christian Religion, as Held by the Society of Friends, Commonly Called Quakers |
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Page 8
... shew the insufficiency of those faculties which constitute it , to renew them up into the divine image . They show that human nature itself , is fallen , is low and grovelling - still tending downward , " as the sparks fly upward ...
... shew the insufficiency of those faculties which constitute it , to renew them up into the divine image . They show that human nature itself , is fallen , is low and grovelling - still tending downward , " as the sparks fly upward ...
Page 9
... shew that the latter , was exactly adapted to the former . As , in the fall , the capacity of enjoying communion and fellowship with God was lost ; so , through Jesus Christ , it is restored . As , in the first , we were unable to do ...
... shew that the latter , was exactly adapted to the former . As , in the fall , the capacity of enjoying communion and fellowship with God was lost ; so , through Jesus Christ , it is restored . As , in the first , we were unable to do ...
Page 19
... shew that the term angels , in its general signification , applies to a superior order of beings . How they are constitut- ed , what are their capacities , and what could be- come a spring of action in them to sin , are questions that ...
... shew that the term angels , in its general signification , applies to a superior order of beings . How they are constitut- ed , what are their capacities , and what could be- come a spring of action in them to sin , are questions that ...
Page 65
... shew , not that the conversion of that day , among the Gentiles , was confined to the elective decrees ; but that the election was confined to the conversion of that day : and of course , no further con- version there , ever could take ...
... shew , not that the conversion of that day , among the Gentiles , was confined to the elective decrees ; but that the election was confined to the conversion of that day : and of course , no further con- version there , ever could take ...
Page 68
... shew its divine source and nature : and that it is , in itself , a living , indestructable principle . In the text before us , I conceive the terms , eternal life , relate to a principle , rather than to the duration of existence . Nor ...
... shew its divine source and nature : and that it is , in itself , a living , indestructable principle . In the text before us , I conceive the terms , eternal life , relate to a principle , rather than to the duration of existence . Nor ...
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