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> [It was of the greatest moment, and consequence, that they should believe in him when he came, for they could receive no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/it-was-of-the-greatest-moment-and-consequence-that-they-should/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

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> [And yet you see the weakness of external evidence-and outward miracles; they were not sufficient to make true believers, or to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/and-yet-you-see-the-weakness-of-external-evidence-and-outward/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

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> [There was nothing then but the revelation of the spirit-of God that could make any of the Israelites understand and believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/there-was-nothing-then-but-the-revelation-of-the-spirit-of-god-that/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

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## More by Elias Hicks

> [You are never tempted by a devil without you, but by a devil within you,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/you-are-never-tempted-by-a-devil-without-you-but-by-a-devil-within-you/)

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> [It was of the greatest moment, and consequence, that they should believe in him when he came, for they could receive no benefit from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/it-was-of-the-greatest-moment-and-consequence-that-they-should/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/we-have-met-on-a-solemn-occasion-and-in-this-crowded-assembly-there/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [People talk about revelation, and say it has ceased; but what ignorance it bespeaks, when man knows not the least thing on earth without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/people-talk-about-revelation-and-say-it-has-ceased-but-what-ignorance/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [To the Jews only, and not to the Gentiles, was a Saviour promised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/to-the-jews-only-and-not-to-the-gentiles-was-a-saviour-promised/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [You know that we have a great variety of ways to gratify our own desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/you-know-that-we-have-a-great-variety-of-ways-to-gratify-our-own/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [O that our hearts were enlarged in love to God, that we might turn inward, to the blessed comforter, that the blessed Jesus said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/o-that-our-hearts-were-enlarged-in-love-to-god-that-we-might-turn/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [Just as a son, to be a son of man, must be of the same nature and spirit of his father; so with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/just-as-a-son-to-be-a-son-of-man-must-be-of-the-same-nature-and/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [In reading the scriptures of truth, we often put wrong constructions upon them, and apply them improperly; and I apprehend it has often been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/in-reading-the-scriptures-of-truth-we-often-put-wrong-constructions/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/then-certainly-to-be-a-christian-is-to-love-god-above-all-and-our/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [And so about many other things of the same nature, we are trying to make people believe these things, and we make creeds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/and-so-about-many-other-things-of-the-same-nature-we-are-trying-to/)

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> [And yet you see the weakness of external evidence-and outward miracles; they were not sufficient to make true believers, or to make the Israelites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/and-yet-you-see-the-weakness-of-external-evidence-and-outward/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [What encouragement the apostle holds out to us. O my friends, that we might leave all our pretensions, and come to the truth in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/what-encouragement-the-apostle-holds-out-to-us-o-my-friends-that-we/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [To this light, then, would I recommend all, with mine own soul, - to this sure way of salvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/to-this-light-then-would-i-recommend-all-with-mine-own-soul-to-this/)

[Elias Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-hicks/)

> [But if we continue in sin, and rebel and harden our hearts, we shall become so inured and fixed in it, that it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-hicks/but-if-we-continue-in-sin-and-rebel-and-harden-our-hearts-we-shall/)

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