Diary of Alexander Jaffray, Profost of Aberdeen: One of the Scottish Commissioners to King Charles II, and a Member of Cromwell's Parliament; to which are Added Particulars of His Subsequent Life, Given in Connexion with Memoirs of the Rise, Progress, and Persecutions of the People Called Quakers in the North of Scotland; Among Whom He Became One of the Earliest Members |
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... observations on the Lord's goodness towards him , is set forth at the commencement of the Diary ; being expressively opened , by the introduction of two Scriptural ! passages , which he there adopts as his motto iv INTRODUCTION .
... observations on the Lord's goodness towards him , is set forth at the commencement of the Diary ; being expressively opened , by the introduction of two Scriptural ! passages , which he there adopts as his motto iv INTRODUCTION .
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... observed , that there never was a great man , sine afflatu divino ; so , in times of religious con- tests , there seldom was a man very zealous for liberty , civil and ecclesiastical , and a declared active enemy to insolent tyranny ...
... observed , that there never was a great man , sine afflatu divino ; so , in times of religious con- tests , there seldom was a man very zealous for liberty , civil and ecclesiastical , and a declared active enemy to insolent tyranny ...
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... observations are yet to be subjoined , before we pass on to the subject of the second division of this volume .-- It cannot be said , that the whole of what came to my hands , of the Diary of Alexander Jaffray , is now presented to the ...
... observations are yet to be subjoined , before we pass on to the subject of the second division of this volume .-- It cannot be said , that the whole of what came to my hands , of the Diary of Alexander Jaffray , is now presented to the ...
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... observed , how much more chargeable an author would have been , himself a member of this religious community , had he been disposed to expunge from their His- tory , a feature so well known and so fully sanctioned , not only in all ...
... observed , how much more chargeable an author would have been , himself a member of this religious community , had he been disposed to expunge from their His- tory , a feature so well known and so fully sanctioned , not only in all ...
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... observed by these true friends of the true spiritual liberty , might be greatly misunderstood . This remark leads to the notice of one trait , in particular , which has ever been , and I believe must ever be attributable to the real ...
... observed by these true friends of the true spiritual liberty , might be greatly misunderstood . This remark leads to the notice of one trait , in particular , which has ever been , and I believe must ever be attributable to the real ...
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Page 72 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 89 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 56 - I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, Until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Page 195 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Page 242 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 575 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Page 117 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 573 - But as then he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Page 461 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
Page 489 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.