Diary of Alexander Jaffray: 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 |
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... speak ; but of the former , with regard to its appearance and state of preservation , the reader may be best assisted in forming a correct idea , by inspecting the engraved fac - simile of its opening page , which will be found facing ...
... speak ; but of the former , with regard to its appearance and state of preservation , the reader may be best assisted in forming a correct idea , by inspecting the engraved fac - simile of its opening page , which will be found facing ...
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... speak something of this from my experience ; and exhort my dear children to walk more warily and circumspectly in their youth than I have done . It is not enough to be of mild and douce natures , and blameless as to public ways be- fore ...
... speak something of this from my experience ; and exhort my dear children to walk more warily and circumspectly in their youth than I have done . It is not enough to be of mild and douce natures , and blameless as to public ways be- fore ...
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... speak it - his goodness was such to me , pitying my poor and weak condition , that I was not much troubled with thoughts of desperation ; which might justly have been my case , considering how vile and loathsome a wretched creature I ...
... speak it - his goodness was such to me , pitying my poor and weak condition , that I was not much troubled with thoughts of desperation ; which might justly have been my case , considering how vile and loathsome a wretched creature I ...
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... speak of my being convert- ed ; yet I dare not but affirm it , to the eternal praise of his free grace , through Jesus Christ , that he hath had mercy on me ! For , first , I think I may say , in some measure of simplicity and sincerity ...
... speak of my being convert- ed ; yet I dare not but affirm it , to the eternal praise of his free grace , through Jesus Christ , that he hath had mercy on me ! For , first , I think I may say , in some measure of simplicity and sincerity ...
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... speaking and soul - searching ministry , that discovers sin and its abominable nature most , and distinguishes and discerns best betwixt real and true grace and its counterfeit . I have been many times glad to find it so , even when the ...
... speaking and soul - searching ministry , that discovers sin and its abominable nature most , and distinguishes and discerns best betwixt real and true grace and its counterfeit . I have been many times glad to find it so , even when the ...
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Aberdeen Alexander Jaffray Alexander Skene Andrew Cant Andrew Jaffray Apostle appear APPENDIX Bishop Burnet blessed called Quakers Christian church Commissioners conscience Council David Barclay dear Friends death desire Diary Divine duty Edinburgh endeavour enemies evil exercise faith father favour fear George Fox George Gray George Keith give glory God's godly gospel grace hand heart holy honour imprisonment Isai Jaffray's James James Guthrie John John Menzies John Skene judgment King Kinmuck labour liberty light living Lord's magistrates meeting ment mercy mind ministers month observed occasion Parliament persecution prayer preach Presbyterian present prison profession provost Psal Quakers religion religious righteousness Robert Barclay Scotland Scriptures Skene Society of Friends soul speak Spirit strength suffer Swintoune testimony thee things thou thought tion Tolbooth true Truth unto wait wife William Penn witness words worship worthy
Popular passages
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 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 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 522 - ... filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness...
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.
Page 484 - And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. " And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places ; " When it shall hail, •coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Page 101 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page 579 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 528 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Page 94 - And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, "Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.