| Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 390 páginas
...state, in a few words, what Quakerism is, or at least what we may suppose George Fox intended it to be. Quakerism may be defined to be an attempt, under the...practical christianity as far as it can be carried. Those, who profess it, consider * •„ - • • •i \ • t ^ themselves bound to regulate their... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 388 páginas
...state, in a few words, what Quakerism is, or at least what we may suppose George Fox intended it to be. Quakerism may be defined to be an attempt, under the...divine influence, at practical christianity as far as jt can be carried. Those, who profess it, consider themselves bound to regulate their opinions, words,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 páginas
...which a clergyman has attempted, with success, to write their moral history. 'Quakerism, (he says,) may be defined to be an attempt, under the divine...as far as it can be carried. They who profess it, consjdpr themselves bound to regulate their opinions, words, actions, and even outward demeanour, by... | |
| 1807 - 592 páginas
...definition of Quakerism. 4 Quakerism may be defined to be an attempt, under the divine in* fluence, at practical Christianity, as far as it can be carried....consider themselves bound to regulate their opinions! wordi, actions, and even outward demeanour, by Christianity, and by Christianity alone. They consider... | |
| Luke Howard - 1836 - 408 páginas
...as a present in the name of the Society of Friends. ' Quakerism ' ("the author says in vol. ip 4.) ' may be defined to be an attempt, under the Divine...practical Christianity as far as it can be carried.' But surely it is something more than an 'attempt' at obeying the precepts of Jesus Christ and his Apostles,... | |
| Josiah Marsh - 1847 - 452 páginas
...quotation from the opening remarks in Clarkson's Portraiture of this people : " Quakerism," he says, " may be defined to be an attempt under the divine influence,...practical christianity, as far as it can be carried. Those who profess it, consider themselves bound to regulate their opinions, words, actions, and even... | |
| Josiah Marsh - 1847 - 440 páginas
...the opening remarks in Clarkson's Portraiture of this people : " Quakerism," he says, " may be denned to be an attempt under the divine influence, at practical christianity, as far as it can be carried. Those who profess it, consider themselves bound to regulate their opinions, words, actions, and even... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1869 - 356 páginas
...at least what we may suppose George Fox intended it to be. It may be defined to be an attempt, under divine influence, at practical Christianity, as far as it can be carried. Its professors consider themselves bound to regulate their opinions, words, actions, and even outward... | |
| John William Graham - 468 páginas
...that type. Nevertheless it is suggestive that he regards Quakerism as a practice rather than a theory: Quakerism may be defined to be an attempt, under the...practical Christianity, as far as it can be carried. Those who profess it consider themselves bound to regulate their opinions, words, actions, and even... | |
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