The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher, Volume 4

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B. Waugh and T. Mason, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1833 - Methodist Church

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Page 559 - of God, as well as of German princes ? Have we never read such awful scriptures as these .' " Save us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee. Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. Blessed be my strong helper, who
Page 154 - which is to come. Therefore, overwhelmed with holy grief, he looked up to heaven, and expressed, in the words of the text, the thoughts of his bleeding heart, " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" Having breathed that solemn wish, he blessed them once more, and the
Page 45 - has proved that Jesus Christ is the Messiah promised by the prophets. Daniel, in his prophecy, chap, ix, 25, thus expresses himself: " Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall bo seven weeks and threescore and two
Page 92 - very present help in trouble : therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea : though the waters thereof rage and swell, and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. The kingdoms are moved, but God hath
Page 317 - looked steadfastly up into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." This manifestation was calculated only for the private encouragement and comfort of the pious deacon. It answered no other end but to enrage the Jews, and make them account him
Page 154 - heaven to witness, that henceforth they will love the Lord, and serve him only ; and with one consent they cry as in the days of Elijah, " The Lord he is the God ; the Lord he is the God :" "he is the God to whom we will cleave for ever.
Page 179 - if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; hut his blood will I require at thy hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity;
Page 1 - From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him : then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away ? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? Thou hast the words of eternal life, John vi,
Page 119 - fear and trembling, for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do according to his pleasure :" thinking, therefore, that he has both freedom and power to turn to God when he pleases, he does not trouble himself at all about obtaining "the Spirit of God,
Page 155 - that nearly concern them : so that every minister of the Gospel has as much reason as Moses to break out into this prayer, " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !

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