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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... Sunday evening , when she read a sermon , prayed , and conversed with the people who came for this purpose . She acquainted her husband of their meeting , who , on account of the newness and singularity of the thing , made some ...
... Sunday evening , when she read a sermon , prayed , and conversed with the people who came for this purpose . She acquainted her husband of their meeting , who , on account of the newness and singularity of the thing , made some ...
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... Sunday . " With those few neighbours who then came to me I dis- coursed more freely and affectionately than before ; I chose the best and most awakening sermons we had , and I spent more time with them in such exercises . Since this ...
... Sunday . " With those few neighbours who then came to me I dis- coursed more freely and affectionately than before ; I chose the best and most awakening sermons we had , and I spent more time with them in such exercises . Since this ...
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... Sunday nights , or if we admitted of impertinent visits , as too many do who think themselves good christians , perhaps it would be thought no scandalous practice , though in truth it would be so ; therefore why any should reflect upon ...
... Sunday nights , or if we admitted of impertinent visits , as too many do who think themselves good christians , perhaps it would be thought no scandalous practice , though in truth it would be so ; therefore why any should reflect upon ...
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... Sunday , August 1st . Almost an innumerable com- pany of people being gathered together , about five in the afternoon , I committed to the earth the body of my mother to sleep with her fathers . The portion of scripture from which I ...
... Sunday , August 1st . Almost an innumerable com- pany of people being gathered together , about five in the afternoon , I committed to the earth the body of my mother to sleep with her fathers . The portion of scripture from which I ...
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... Sunday of this month — I am unstable as water— I frequently make good resolutions , and keep them for a time , and then grow weary of the restraint . I have one benedictionem oro - Episcopus jussit me illius in literis mentionem facere ...
... Sunday of this month — I am unstable as water— I frequently make good resolutions , and keep them for a time , and then grow weary of the restraint . I have one benedictionem oro - Episcopus jussit me illius in literis mentionem facere ...
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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.