Fletcher's Appeal to Matter of Fact & Common Sense: Or a Rational Demonstration of Man's Corrupt and Lost Estate, with the Address to Earnest Seeks for Salvation and an Appendix, to which is Now Added the Life of the Venerable Author, Compiled for this Work from the Most Authentic Source |
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... poor brands out of the fire , To snatch them from the verge of hell . " This he began to do a considerable time before he was admitted into holy orders . And even his first labours of love were far from being in vain . For though he was ...
... poor brands out of the fire , To snatch them from the verge of hell . " This he began to do a considerable time before he was admitted into holy orders . And even his first labours of love were far from being in vain . For though he was ...
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... poor seed I have sown , and give it fruitfulness , though it be only in one soul ! " I have lately seen so much weakness in my heart , both as a minister and a christian , that I know not which is most to be pitied , the man , the ...
... poor seed I have sown , and give it fruitfulness , though it be only in one soul ! " I have lately seen so much weakness in my heart , both as a minister and a christian , that I know not which is most to be pitied , the man , the ...
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... record such instances as the following , of obstinate depravity ; but , perhaps it may serve to encourage some poor persecuted season , he diligently performed the work of an evangelist 28 THE LIFE OF An Obstinate Persecutor,
... record such instances as the following , of obstinate depravity ; but , perhaps it may serve to encourage some poor persecuted season , he diligently performed the work of an evangelist 28 THE LIFE OF An Obstinate Persecutor,
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... a man , was given me by one who knew all the circumstances , while I was standing at the poor sinner's grave in Madeley church yard . J. K. their several households , and diligently teaching them from family THE REV . JOHN FLETCHER . 29.
... a man , was given me by one who knew all the circumstances , while I was standing at the poor sinner's grave in Madeley church yard . J. K. their several households , and diligently teaching them from family THE REV . JOHN FLETCHER . 29.
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... poor broken - hearted sinner was filled with joy unspeakable . He then spared no pains in exhorting his fellow sinners to flee from the wrath to come . " From the beginning Mr. Fletcher did not confine his preaching to the church , nor ...
... poor broken - hearted sinner was filled with joy unspeakable . He then spared no pains in exhorting his fellow sinners to flee from the wrath to come . " From the beginning Mr. Fletcher did not confine his preaching to the church , nor ...
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Page 115 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 109 - Thou art all fair, my love, there is no spot in thee.
Page 153 - For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Page 231 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 420 - Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness; "I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Page 423 - Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Page 136 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Page 355 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Page 35 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...