The life of the rev. John Wesley, M.A. to which is prefixed, some account of his ancestors and relation. To which is subjoined an appendix, 2 vols, Volume 21805 |
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... body of men , the effects of whose ministerial labours establish a divine call . As no official objection to the disseminating of these volumes , was received , in due time they were edited and committed to Press . And here I must avow ...
... body of men , the effects of whose ministerial labours establish a divine call . As no official objection to the disseminating of these volumes , was received , in due time they were edited and committed to Press . And here I must avow ...
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... body of the Work ; which Appendix con- sists of Dr. Whitehead's excellent Funeral Sermon ; selections from Minutes of different Conferences ; Mr. Wesley's Journals ; Dr. Haweis , Alexander Knox , Esqr . and other Writer's Characters of ...
... body of the Work ; which Appendix con- sists of Dr. Whitehead's excellent Funeral Sermon ; selections from Minutes of different Conferences ; Mr. Wesley's Journals ; Dr. Haweis , Alexander Knox , Esqr . and other Writer's Characters of ...
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... Bodies of People in this Kingdom ; and of the true Character and Office of the Metho- dist Preachers . Sect . V. A View of the Increase of the Me- thodists in Great - Britain and Ire- land , for the last thirty years : with a few ...
... Bodies of People in this Kingdom ; and of the true Character and Office of the Metho- dist Preachers . Sect . V. A View of the Increase of the Me- thodists in Great - Britain and Ire- land , for the last thirty years : with a few ...
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... body of people , who could not easily come at a true knowledge of the case . That these advertisements might make a deeper impression on the minds of the multitude , the pomp of legal form was preserved ; the following words being added ...
... body of people , who could not easily come at a true knowledge of the case . That these advertisements might make a deeper impression on the minds of the multitude , the pomp of legal form was preserved ; the following words being added ...
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... body . He frequently slept on the ground in the summer , under the heavy dews of the night ; and in the winter with his hair and clothes frozen to the earth in the morning . He would wade through swamps , and swim over rivers in his ...
... body . He frequently slept on the ground in the summer , under the heavy dews of the night ; and in the winter with his hair and clothes frozen to the earth in the morning . He would wade through swamps , and swim over rivers in his ...
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Page 165 - If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 78 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate 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 66 - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Page 99 - I could scarce reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which he set me an example on Sunday ; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church.
Page 367 - I shall know or hear of to be against him or any of them : and I do further swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure, as impious and heretical, this damnable doctrine and position, that princes which be excommunicated or deprived by the Pope may be deposed or murdered by their subjects or any other whatsoever...
Page 161 - By doing good, especially to them that are of the household of faith, or groaning so to .. be ; employing them preferably to others, buying one of another, helping each other in business ; and so much the more because the world will love its own, and them only.
Page 169 - That I will, with all my heart." I then spoke a few words, which God applied, so that they cried out with might and main, "The gentleman is an honest gentleman, and we will spill our blood in his defence.
Page 194 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 162 - If there be any among us who observe them not, who habitually break any of them, let it be made known unto them who watch over that soul, as they must give an account. We will admonish him of the error of his ways : we will bear with him for a season. But then if he repent not, he hath no more place among us. We have delivered our own souls.
Page 78 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.