The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford;: In which are Included, the Life of His Brother, the Rev. Charles Wesley, A.M., Student of Christ Church, and Memoirs of Their Family: Comprehending an Account of the Great Revival of Religion, in which They Were the First and Chief Instruments, Volume 1N. Bangs and J. Emory, 1826 |
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... Holy Ghost . Mr. Hampson , in his sarcastic way , says of Mr. Wesley , " He called the work in which he was engaged , THE WORK OF GOD . " Mr. Hampson gave it the same appellation , while he was engaged in it , else he would never have ...
... Holy Ghost . Mr. Hampson , in his sarcastic way , says of Mr. Wesley , " He called the work in which he was engaged , THE WORK OF GOD . " Mr. Hampson gave it the same appellation , while he was engaged in it , else he would never have ...
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... Holy Bible in octavo , in the Hebrew , Chaldee , Septuagint , and the Vulgate , and have made some progress in it . What I desire of you on this article is , - 1. That you would immediately fall to work , and read diligently the Hebrew ...
... Holy Bible in octavo , in the Hebrew , Chaldee , Septuagint , and the Vulgate , and have made some progress in it . What I desire of you on this article is , - 1. That you would immediately fall to work , and read diligently the Hebrew ...
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... holy ordinance , and the fruit evidently followed . He might have received it , as a penitent sinner , believing in the Son of God , who was made sin for him , " before he attempted to teach others . But such was not the creed of that ...
... holy ordinance , and the fruit evidently followed . He might have received it , as a penitent sinner , believing in the Son of God , who was made sin for him , " before he attempted to teach others . But such was not the creed of that ...
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... Holy Spirit , who is the best instructer , the most powerful teacher we can possibly have ; without whose agency , all other means of grace would be ineffectual . - How evidently does the Holy Spirit concur with the means of grace ! And ...
... Holy Spirit , who is the best instructer , the most powerful teacher we can possibly have ; without whose agency , all other means of grace would be ineffectual . - How evidently does the Holy Spirit concur with the means of grace ! And ...
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... holy religion requires a strict observation of the Lord's day , and not thinking that we fully answered the end of the institution by only going to church , but that likewise we were obliged to fill up the intermediate spaces of that ...
... holy religion requires a strict observation of the Lord's day , and not thinking that we fully answered the end of the institution by only going to church , but that likewise we were obliged to fill up the intermediate spaces of that ...
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Page 227 - Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 133 - Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 22 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 248 - Not that I speak in respect of want : for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; every where and in all things I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need ; I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Page 131 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord...
Page 260 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
Page 233 - Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins...
Page 48 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day ; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LOUD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 326 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 199 - I have a sin of fear that when I've spun My last thread I shall perish on the shore. But swear by thyself that at my death thy Son Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore. And having done that, thou hast done, I fear no more.