The Life of Rev. John Wesley ... Founder of the Methodist SocietiesL. Swormstedt & A. Poe, 1857 - 384 pages |
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... thoughts . and useful distinctions on the subject of humility ; but omits to afford him any assistance on the point of the pos- sibility of obtaining a comfortable persuasion of being in a state of salvation , through the influence of ...
... thoughts . and useful distinctions on the subject of humility ; but omits to afford him any assistance on the point of the pos- sibility of obtaining a comfortable persuasion of being in a state of salvation , through the influence of ...
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... thought , that strongly marked the excellence of his classical taste . His skill in logic , or the art of reasoning , was universally known and admired . The high opinion that was entertained of him in these respects was soon publicly ...
... thought , that strongly marked the excellence of his classical taste . His skill in logic , or the art of reasoning , was universally known and admired . The high opinion that was entertained of him in these respects was soon publicly ...
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... 1693 , some of the Non - Conformists who had renounced the impu- tation of Christ's righteousness in justification , except in the merit of all , he thought himself to be but " almost REV . JOHN WESLEY . 19 CHAPTER II.
... 1693 , some of the Non - Conformists who had renounced the impu- tation of Christ's righteousness in justification , except in the merit of all , he thought himself to be but " almost REV . JOHN WESLEY . 19 CHAPTER II.
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Richard Watson. all , he thought himself to be but " almost , " and not " alto gether , " a Christian - a conclusion of a very perplexing kind to many who have set up themselves for better judges in his case than he himself . From a ...
Richard Watson. all , he thought himself to be but " almost , " and not " alto gether , " a Christian - a conclusion of a very perplexing kind to many who have set up themselves for better judges in his case than he himself . From a ...
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... thought I found an answer that would be more proper than any I myself could dictate ; though since it will not be easily translated , I send it in the original . Πολλή μοι καύχησις ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν · πεπλήρωμαι τῆ παρακλήσει · ὑπερπερισσεύομαι ...
... thought I found an answer that would be more proper than any I myself could dictate ; though since it will not be easily translated , I send it in the original . Πολλή μοι καύχησις ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν · πεπλήρωμαι τῆ παρακλήσει · ὑπερπερισσεύομαι ...
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Page 169 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 343 - 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 151 - Some therefore cried one thing, and some another : for the assembly was confused, and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
Page 222 - Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
Page 260 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 39 - He was indeed attempting to work out " his own salvation with fear and trembling ;" but not as knowing that " it is God that worketh in us to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Page 189 - Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 249 - 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 54 - I have a sin of fear that when I've spun My last thread I shall perish on the shore. But swear by thyself that at my death thy Son Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore. And having done that, thou hast done, I fear no more.
Page 123 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.