The Testimony And Views Of Friends Concerning The Scriptures Classic Reprint

Author : Society Of Friends Philadelphi Meeting
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428948580
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book A Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1828 written by Society Of Friends Philadelphi Meeting and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Declaration of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1828: Held in Philadelphia, Respecting the Proceedings of Those Who Have Lately Separated From the Society; And Also, Showing the Contrast Between Their Doctrines and Those Under the plausible pretext of exalting the light within. As the primary rule of faith and practice, he endeavoured to lessen the autho rity of the Hely Scriptures; and when he had greatly impfired the sentiments of reverence justly due to their divine testimony, he pro ceeded to speak of our blessed Saviour, as being merely an example er pattern to us, and denied that his death was an offering for the sins of mankind, except for the legal sins of the Jews, calling him the Jewish Messiah. Faithful, experienced Friends, who were os tablished in the doctrines of Christ and his apostles, and who saw the baneful consequences that must result from the promulgation of such opinions, were brought under much painful solicitude, for the preservation of the Society, as many were caught with the specious ness of his arguments, and the bold and confident manner with which be advanced them. Having proceeded further in avowing his dishe lief in our Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour of men, publicly declar ing, that the same power that made him a Christian, must make us Christians; and that the same power that saved him, must save us; he Wasmgain privately laboured with, in order to convince him of his error; and upon being told that if he persisted in preaching these doc trineshs'o contrary to the scriptures, and the testimony of our ancient Friends, it would produce one of the greatest schisms that had ever happened in thesociety, he admitted that it would produce a schism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.