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 - Methodism |
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... abstain from all nice and phi- losophical speculations ; from all perplexed and intricate reasonings ; and , as far as possible , even from the shew of learning , unless in sometimes citing the Original Scriptures . iv PREFACE .
... abstain from all nice and phi- losophical speculations ; from all perplexed and intricate reasonings ; and , as far as possible , even from the shew of learning , unless in sometimes citing the Original Scriptures . iv PREFACE .
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... learning . We may give nearly the same character of many of his Controversial Pieces . " They were written as need required : first , to preserve those who were in danger of being seduced from the plain Religion of the Bible ; and ...
... learning . We may give nearly the same character of many of his Controversial Pieces . " They were written as need required : first , to preserve those who were in danger of being seduced from the plain Religion of the Bible ; and ...
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... learning , con- spicuous for piety , and firmly attached to those views of Christianity which they had formed from the Sacred Scrip- Bartholomew Wesley , his great grand - father , was educated in one of our Universities , and ...
... learning , con- spicuous for piety , and firmly attached to those views of Christianity which they had formed from the Sacred Scrip- Bartholomew Wesley , his great grand - father , was educated in one of our Universities , and ...
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... learning at this early period of life , and shews his father's confidence in his critical knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures . The fol- lowing letter was written in 1731 , and very clearly states the old gentleman's opinion of the ...
... learning at this early period of life , and shews his father's confidence in his critical knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures . The fol- lowing letter was written in 1731 , and very clearly states the old gentleman's opinion of the ...
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... learning , diligent study of the Scriptures , and can- dour , in each of which he holds forth to us an example highly deserving of imitation . Mr. Wesley was a voluminous writer , which in most cases is a disadvantage to an author ...
... learning , diligent study of the Scriptures , and can- dour , in each of which he holds forth to us an example highly deserving of imitation . Mr. Wesley was a voluminous writer , which in most cases is a disadvantage to an author ...
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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.