The Journal of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M., Sometime Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, Volume 1Carlton & Phillips, 1855 |
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... wind suddenly failed . Had the calm continued till ebb , the ship had probably been lost . But the gale sprung up again in an hour , and carried us into the Downs . We now began to be a little regular . Our common way of living was this ...
... wind suddenly failed . Had the calm continued till ebb , the ship had probably been lost . But the gale sprung up again in an hour , and carried us into the Downs . We now began to be a little regular . Our common way of living was this ...
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... wind was fair , but we waited for the man - of- war which was to sail with us . This was a happy opportunity of instructing our fellow travellers . May He whose seed we sow , give it the increase ! Sun. 16. - Thomas Hird , and Grace his ...
... wind was fair , but we waited for the man - of- war which was to sail with us . This was a happy opportunity of instructing our fellow travellers . May He whose seed we sow , give it the increase ! Sun. 16. - Thomas Hird , and Grace his ...
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... wind . At seven in the evening they were quieted by a storm . It rose higher and higher till nine . About nine the ... winds and the sea , and there was a great calm . " Sun. 18. - We returned God thanks for our deliverance , of which a ...
... wind . At seven in the evening they were quieted by a storm . It rose higher and higher till nine . About nine the ... winds and the sea , and there was a great calm . " Sun. 18. - We returned God thanks for our deliverance , of which a ...
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... winds roared round about us , and ( what I never heard before ) whistled as distinctly as if it had been a human voice ... wind fell . This was the most glorious day which I have hitherto seen . Mon. 26. - We enjoyed the calm . I can ...
... winds roared round about us , and ( what I never heard before ) whistled as distinctly as if it had been a human voice ... wind fell . This was the most glorious day which I have hitherto seen . Mon. 26. - We enjoyed the calm . I can ...
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... wind was extremely violent . The sky was so dark in a moment , that the sailors could not so much as see the ropes , or set about furling the sails . The ship must , in all pro- pability , have overset , had not the wind fell as ...
... wind was extremely violent . The sky was so dark in a moment , that the sailors could not so much as see the ropes , or set about furling the sails . The ship must , in all pro- pability , have overset , had not the wind fell as ...
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Page 72 - 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. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation ; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 217 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Page 234 - What reward shall I give unto the Lord : for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ? I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon the Name of the Lord.
Page 258 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 287 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 162 - 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 21 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 133 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 125 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 194 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...