A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania, Volumen2A.J. Ferris, 1890 |
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Página 247 - Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Página 241 - ... who, in the very instant that they are exclaiming against the mammon of this world, are nevertheless hunting after it with a step as steady as Time, and an appetite as keen as Death.
Página 101 - The cause of liberty is a cause of too much dignity to be sullied by turbulence and tumult. It ought to be maintained in a manner suitable to her nature. Those who engage in it, should breathe a sedate, yet fervent spirit, animating them to actions of prudence, justice, modesty, bravery, humanity and magnanimity.
Página 139 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Página 125 - The ANCIENT TESTIMONY AND PRINCIPLES of the People called QUAKERS renewed, with Respect to the KING and GOVERNMENT, and touching the COMMOTIONS now prevailing in these and other parts of AMERICA addressed to the PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
Página 129 - ... of any of them, but to pray for the king, and safety of our nation, and good of all men: That we may live a peaceable and quiet life, in all godliness and honesty; under the government which God is pleased to set over us.
Página 25 - are the motives which engage us to make this " address, we hope to demonstrate by our conduct " that every occasion of assisting and relieving the " distressed, and contributing towards the obtaining " peace, in a manner consistent with our peaceable " profession, will be cheerfully improved by us, and " even though a much larger part of our estates " should be necessary than the heaviest taxes of a " war can be expected to require, we shall cheer" fully, by voluntary grants, evidence our sincerity...
Página 247 - That we will neither import, nor purchase any slave imported after the first day of December next, after which time we will wholly discontinue the slave-trade, and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
Página 247 - Agreement, faithfully adhered to, will prove the most speedy, effectual, and peaceable measure ; and, therefore, we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several Colonies, whom we represent, firmly agree and associate, under the sacred ties of virtue, honor and love of our country, as follows : First.