Selections from the Works of Isaac Penington: To which are Added Selections from His Letters |
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... thereof suitable to his own present estate ; and as the life grows in him , and he in the life , and he comes to meet with the things and ex- ercises spoken of , the words and experiences con- cerning them will of themselves open to him ...
... thereof suitable to his own present estate ; and as the life grows in him , and he in the life , and he comes to meet with the things and ex- ercises spoken of , the words and experiences con- cerning them will of themselves open to him ...
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... thereof . But now , when the Lord reacheth to his witness in men , and is teaching their hearts by it , then the enemy , the other spirit , whose seat is in the other part , keepeth a noise there , to overbear the voice of the witness ...
... thereof . But now , when the Lord reacheth to his witness in men , and is teaching their hearts by it , then the enemy , the other spirit , whose seat is in the other part , keepeth a noise there , to overbear the voice of the witness ...
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... thereof . How is it ? Why " come unto me ; take my yoke upon you , and learn of me . " He that walketh in this path cannot miss of it : the rest is at the end of it , nay , the rest is in it : " he that believeth entereth into the rest ...
... thereof . How is it ? Why " come unto me ; take my yoke upon you , and learn of me . " He that walketh in this path cannot miss of it : the rest is at the end of it , nay , the rest is in it : " he that believeth entereth into the rest ...
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... light and life every day to every spiritual mo- tion . Thus the traveller soon comes to lose the true path , and instead thereof travels on in a road of his own wisdom's forming and se though he seems to himself to make a large progress 35.
... light and life every day to every spiritual mo- tion . Thus the traveller soon comes to lose the true path , and instead thereof travels on in a road of his own wisdom's forming and se though he seems to himself to make a large progress 35.
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... thereof , and in single- ness of heart giving up unto him , according as he hath taught and led my poor , needy , de- pending soul ; I say , therefore is it on my heart , to answer some few questions concern- ing the worship of God ...
... thereof , and in single- ness of heart giving up unto him , according as he hath taught and led my poor , needy , de- pending soul ; I say , therefore is it on my heart , to answer some few questions concern- ing the worship of God ...
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Page 215 - Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 230 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 232 - Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Page 214 - And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Page 32 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 150 - And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, Neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, And reprove with equity for the meek of the earth...
Page 182 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication : and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 237 - and " misery " are the names of two extremes, the utmost bounds whereof we know not : it is what " eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 72 - I receive not honour from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Page 121 - God ; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called Trees of Eighteousncss, the planting of Jahveh that he might be glorified.