. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . THE LIFE OF ELIAS HICKS. 467 them onward to conviction in the principles he advo-cated with such force and sincerity. His religious views were somewhat in advance of thosepopular in his day, and were the result of individualthought and experience, uninfluenced by theologicalreading or metaphysical study. While accepting, in itsbroadest sense, the Quaker doctrine that the AlmightySpirit directly influences the hearts of all mankind, andthat a strict adherence to the manifestat
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . THE LIFE OF ELIAS HICKS. 467 them onward to conviction in the principles he advo-cated with such force and sincerity. His religious views were somewhat in advance of thosepopular in his day, and were the result of individualthought and experience, uninfluenced by theologicalreading or metaphysical study. While accepting, in itsbroadest sense, the Quaker doctrine that the AlmightySpirit directly influences the hearts of all mankind, andthat a strict adherence to the manifestations of duty, asrevealed to each individual soul, is the foundation of alltrue religion, he was disposed to assign a less exaltedplace to the Bible, as Gods specially revealed guide toman, and to maintain the Unitarian view of Christsdivinity. He took strong and decided ground againstthe old-time belief in Satans personal existence andactive work in the world, holding that the weaknessesand unbridled passions of human nature were the actualand only evil spirit against which mankind had to con-tend. In his view God
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