The Life of William Penn: With Selections from His Correspondence and Auto-biographyHogan, Perkins & Company, 1852 - 560 Seiten |
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... popular manners , although small matters in the eye of human reason , were , by the persecution they occasioned , * George Fox's Journal , i . p . 27 . · shown to be important to the progress of truth WILLIAM PENN . 35.
... popular manners , although small matters in the eye of human reason , were , by the persecution they occasioned , * George Fox's Journal , i . p . 27 . · shown to be important to the progress of truth WILLIAM PENN . 35.
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... matter was rich in in- struction , and his diction pure and forcible , without any attempt at ornament or display . He soon became eminent as a minister and a writer of reli- gious works . Many of his publications were of a ...
... matter was rich in in- struction , and his diction pure and forcible , without any attempt at ornament or display . He soon became eminent as a minister and a writer of reli- gious works . Many of his publications were of a ...
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... matters relative to faith and worship , and accordingly I had framed a scheme to myself for that purpose . But it so fell out , that to- wards the close of that year I was made incapable of prosecuting the resolution I had taken , and ...
... matters relative to faith and worship , and accordingly I had framed a scheme to myself for that purpose . But it so fell out , that to- wards the close of that year I was made incapable of prosecuting the resolution I had taken , and ...
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... matters in our understandings , and disputing about them with every opposer , whom the devil , in a way of temptation , shall present to us , which does no way advance our growth and in- crease in the noble principles of truth ...
... matters in our understandings , and disputing about them with every opposer , whom the devil , in a way of temptation , shall present to us , which does no way advance our growth and in- crease in the noble principles of truth ...
Seite 57
... sought no refuge from the common usage . He answered , it had been no matter if thou hadst been a commander twenty years ago . I discoursed with him about the • Ellwood and Gough . hat ; he avoided it , and because I did WILLIAM PENN . 57.
... sought no refuge from the common usage . He answered , it had been no matter if thou hadst been a commander twenty years ago . I discoursed with him about the • Ellwood and Gough . hat ; he avoided it , and because I did WILLIAM PENN . 57.
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affairs answer appears Assembly believe blessed called charge charter Christ Christian church civil Clarkson colony concerned conscience Council court crown dear Delaware desire dissenters Divine Duke Duke of York duty East Jersey endeavor England faith father favor Friends George Fox give Governor granted hand hath heart Hist honor hope Indians interest Isaac Norris JAMES LOGAN jury justice King King's land laws letter liberty live London Lord Baltimore meeting ment mind month never oaths Parliament peace PENN TO JAMES Penn's Pennsbury Manor Pennsylvania persecution persons Philadelphia pray present principles prison Proprietary province province of Pennsylvania Quakers quit-rents reason religion religious sent Sir William Penn society soul speak spirit suffer thee things Thomas Lloyd thou thought tion truth William Markham William Mead William Penn
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 388 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Seite 177 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good. and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is a minister of God to thee for good.
Seite 37 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
Seite 113 - The concessions and agreements of the proprietors, freeholders and inhabitants of the province of West New Jersey in America.
Seite 179 - ... to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration : for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Seite 160 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person.
Seite 179 - To carry this evenness is partly owing to the constitution, and partly to the magistracy ; where either of these fail, government will be subject to convulsions ; but where both are wanting, it must be totally subverted : then where both meet, the government is like to endure. Which I humbly pray and hope God will please to make the lot of this of Pennsylvania. Amen.
Seite 171 - ... any shall offend you or your people, you shall have a full and speedy satisfaction for the same by an equal number of just men on both sides, that by no means you may have just occasion of being offended against them.
Seite 43 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Seite 212 - Worship: And Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits; and the Author as well as Object of all divine Knowledge, Faith and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare.