The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volumes 1-2B. Gilley, no. 92 Broadway, J. Seymour, print., 1820 - Methodism |
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... never leaving it till they were perfect in the lesson . Mr. Wesley soon attracted notice by his ability and his erudition . Talents found their way into public less readily in that age than in the present ; and therefore , when they ...
... never leaving it till they were perfect in the lesson . Mr. Wesley soon attracted notice by his ability and his erudition . Talents found their way into public less readily in that age than in the present ; and therefore , when they ...
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... never till then be- gun his operations during the day ; from that time he came by day as well as by night , and was louder than before . And he never entered Mr. Wesley's stu- dy till the owner one day rebuked him sharply , call- ed him ...
... never till then be- gun his operations during the day ; from that time he came by day as well as by night , and was louder than before . And he never entered Mr. Wesley's stu- dy till the owner one day rebuked him sharply , call- ed him ...
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... never want the most ardent prayers of your affectionate father . " He removed some scruples which his son expressed concerning the damnatory clauses of the Athanasian creed , -- that creed of which Tillotson wished the church of England ...
... never want the most ardent prayers of your affectionate father . " He removed some scruples which his son expressed concerning the damnatory clauses of the Athanasian creed , -- that creed of which Tillotson wished the church of England ...
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... never be so certain of the pardon of our sins , as to be as- sured they will never rise up against us , I firmly believe . We know that they will infallibly do so if we apostatize ; and I am not satisfied what evidence there can be of ...
... never be so certain of the pardon of our sins , as to be as- sured they will never rise up against us , I firmly believe . We know that they will infallibly do so if we apostatize ; and I am not satisfied what evidence there can be of ...
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... never before given to any religious people . Dr. Calamy , in one of his volumes of the Eject- ed Ministers , observes , they called those who stood up for God , Methodists . " One of the earliest members of this little society , 1728 ...
... never before given to any religious people . Dr. Calamy , in one of his volumes of the Eject- ed Ministers , observes , they called those who stood up for God , Methodists . " One of the earliest members of this little society , 1728 ...
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Page 173 - I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Page 382 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Page 284 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for why will ye die, 0 house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 160 - 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 284 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
Page 142 - So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
Page 239 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh : and having an high priest over the house of God ; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Page 330 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and therefore they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Page 218 - At four in the afternoon, I submitted to be more vile, and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation, speaking from a little eminence in a ground adjoining to the city, to about three thousand people.
Page 175 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more ; and unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; to them that are without law...