 I told them I knew from whence all wars arose, even from the lust, according to James's doctrine; and that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars.  History of New England - Página 459por John Gorham Palfrey - 1860Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Meredith Baldwin Weddle - 2001 - 365 páginas
...quarrel."6 'And they that Dept [depart] from his light, & trust in the Arme of flesh shall be rebuked."7 "I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars."8 And memorably, Quaker William Ames and others quietly asserted, "a killinge Instrument we may... | |
 | Thomas C. Kennedy - 2001 - 506 páginas
...a proffered captaincy in the Parliamentary Army, but, as he recorded in his Journal: 'I told them l lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion ot all wars, and I knew from whence all wars did rise, from the lust according to James's doctrine... | |
 | F. Regina Psaki, Charles Hindley - 2001 - 394 páginas
...their insistence and flattery, about his "virtue," "as they said," maintaining that he "lived in die virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars" (J 65 ff.). In the horrible prison at Derby he feels deeply concerned about the fact that the judges... | |
 | Judith Wellman - 2004 - 326 páginas
...God." Such Quaker universalism was the basis for Friends' testimony against war. As George Fox said, he lived "in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars." It also led to respect for other living creatures, to a sense of "unity with the creation." And it... | |
 | Robert A. Bowie - 2004 - 140 páginas
...of Friends to King Charles II, 1660) 'I... told them I knew from whence all wars arose... and that I lived in the virtue of that life... and power that took away the occasion of all wars; and that I was come into the covenant... of peace which was before all wars and strife.' (George Fox,... | |
 | David Whitten Smith, Elizabeth Geraldine Burr - 2007 - 448 páginas
...in 165 1 , he refused to join Oliver Cromwell's army in order to get out of prison: "I told them I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars and I knew from whence all wars did rise. ... I told them I was come into the covenant of peace which... | |
 | John William Graham - 468 páginas
...Blasphemy Act, George Fox was invited to become a Captain in the Commonwealth army. He declined, saying that he lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars. So he lay among the felons, filthily, for six months more. He thus rang true from the beginning. Nevertheless,... | |
 | 1906 - 480 páginas
...knew from whence all wars did arise, even from hist, according to St. James's doctrine, and tint I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars." God's Will is Best. Author Unknown. WHICHEVER way tlie wind duth blow, Some heart is gl«d to huvo... | |
 | George Fox, Norman Penney, William Penn - 1962 - 852 páginas
...compliments, and asked me if I would not take up arms for the Commonwealth against the King. But I told them I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars, and I knew from whence all wars did rise, from the lust according to James's doctrine.2 Still they... | |
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