The Works of the Rev. John Wesley. ...Printed at the Conference-Office, ... by John Jones, agent: sold by Thomas Blanchard, ... and at the Methodist preaching houses in town or country., 1809 |
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... Holy Orders . " * In 1735 , Mr. John Wesley yielded to the pressing solicitations of Mr. Oglethorpe , Dr. Burton , and some others , to go to Georgia as a missionary , do preach to the Indians , and he prevailed on his brother Charles ...
... Holy Orders . " * In 1735 , Mr. John Wesley yielded to the pressing solicitations of Mr. Oglethorpe , Dr. Burton , and some others , to go to Georgia as a missionary , do preach to the Indians , and he prevailed on his brother Charles ...
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... Holy Orders , he pro- posed them to his father , with a frankness that does great credit to the integrity of his heart . His father's answer is dated , January 26 , 1725. " As to what you mention of entering into Holy Orders , it is ...
... Holy Orders , he pro- posed them to his father , with a frankness that does great credit to the integrity of his heart . His father's answer is dated , January 26 , 1725. " As to what you mention of entering into Holy Orders , it is ...
Page 83
... sacred a work . " He then mentions the qualifications necessary for Holy Orders , and answers a question which his son asked , " You ask me which is the best Commentary on the Bible ? I answer , the Bible it- self . For the several ...
... sacred a work . " He then mentions the qualifications necessary for Holy Orders , and answers a question which his son asked , " You ask me which is the best Commentary on the Bible ? I answer , the Bible it- self . For the several ...
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... Orders . He wrote twice to his father on this subject . His father answered him in March , and informed him that he had changed his mind , and was then inclined that he should take Orders ... holy living and dying . Not that he implicitly ...
... Orders . He wrote twice to his father on this subject . His father answered him in March , and informed him that he had changed his mind , and was then inclined that he should take Orders ... holy living and dying . Not that he implicitly ...
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... Orders : Do you know what you are about ? You are bidding defiance to all mankind . He that would live a Christian ... holy ; and thence infer that the more steadily I keep my eye upon the prize of our high calling , and the more of my ...
... Orders : Do you know what you are about ? You are bidding defiance to all mankind . He that would live a Christian ... holy ; and thence infer that the more steadily I keep my eye upon the prize of our high calling , and the more of my ...
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Page 280 - In the evening, I went very unwillingly to a Society in Aldcrsgate-street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the 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.
Page 203 - For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 159 - 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 366 - And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 429 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Page 161 - Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 351 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Page 283 - ... let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another ; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Page 14 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 5 - 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.