On The Character And Doctrine Of The Early Friends

Author : Elisha Bates
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ISBN 13 : 9781331723103
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Extracts From the Writings of the Early Members of the Society of Friends written by Elisha Bates and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Extracts From the Writings of the Early Members of the Society of Friends: On the Divinity of Christ, the Benefits of His Coming, the Scriptures, &C., Together With Some Additional Observations on These and Other Subjects Connected With Them, the Whole Design to Vindicate the Character of Our Primitive Friends, and the Doctrines That our primitive friends were eminently favoured with wisdom, is a proposition that will be readily admitted by their successors in religious profession. Their doctrines, their lives, and their sufferings, will endear them to the latest posterity; and give weight to their sentiments on religious subjects. Copious as their writings were in the beginning, and scarce as those writings are at the present, as respects the Society at large, there are many, even within the Society itself, who lie open to the danger of receiving wrong impressions as to their views on religious subjects. And the circumstance of a large portion of those early writings being rather refutations of erroneous opinions than declarations of belief, adds to that danger. To guard the sincere inquirers after truth, against the influence of the names of those worthy instruments, in giving currency to sentiments which they never held, is but an act of justice to their character, to the principles they held, and to those who stand in need of such information. But when we look at the subject itself, it rises into very imposing magnitude. It embraces not merely the character of our primitive friends - but the character of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the benefits he has conferred upon us. On subjects thus lying at the foundation of the Christian religion, and which have an intimate relation to our feelings of love, gratitude, and obedience to our Divine Benefactor, it is certainly desirable that no discordance of opinion should exist among the members of the risible Church. To guard as much as possible against such a diversity of opinion, and connectively, against those feelings which naturally spring from such causes, is the object of the following Essay. 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.