The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church: From July 15, 1786, to November 6, 1800 |
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Page 386 - Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Page 279 - He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 21 - They shall not labour in vain. Nor bring forth for trouble ; For they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.
Page 108 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 383 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 168 - Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven,
Page 88 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 269 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD...
Page 211 - Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth ? 17 They zealously affect you, but not well ; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Page 384 - Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.