Excerpt from The Doctrine and Discipline of the Society of Friends It is called truth, being the substancecfall types and shadows, and imparting to man a true sense and view of his conditions, as it is in the divine sight. It is called Christ (rom. Viii. 10 x. 6, 7. S); Christ within, the hope of glory (091. I. The kingdom of God within (luke xvii. The word of God (heb. Iv. 12, 18) a manifestation of the Spirit, given to every man to profit withal (1 Cor. Xii. 7);the seed (luke viii. 11);astill small voice (1 Kings xix. Because most certainly heard in a state of retirement, but drowned by the excitement of the passions, the rovings of the im agination, and the eager pursuit of worldly objects. And thine ear shall hear a word behind thee say ing, This is the way, walk ye in it - when ye turn tothe right hand sndwhen ye turn to thelei't. (isaiah xxx. 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.

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