The Life and Times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley, M.A.: Rector of Epworth and Father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the Founders of the MethodistsSimpkin, Marshall, 1866 - 472 pages |
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... England ; " also to the Tatler , Spectator , and Guar- dian ; and to other publications of a kindred char- acter . In some instances , quotations have not been marked by inverted commas ; because they have not been made continuously ...
... England ; " also to the Tatler , Spectator , and Guar- dian ; and to other publications of a kindred char- acter . In some instances , quotations have not been marked by inverted commas ; because they have not been made continuously ...
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... England , dition of the Country , Eminent Divines in the Church Eminent Dissenting Ministers , Other Eminent Men , · Wesley's Dissertations on the Book of Job , His elaborate Preparations , 368 John Wesley at Epworth and Wroot , 369 ...
... England , dition of the Country , Eminent Divines in the Church Eminent Dissenting Ministers , Other Eminent Men , · Wesley's Dissertations on the Book of Job , His elaborate Preparations , 368 John Wesley at Epworth and Wroot , 369 ...
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... England , as distinguished from Presby- terianism and Papistry ; and they were also required to swear that they would not consent to any alteration of the government of the Church , by archbishops , bishops , priests , and deacons ...
... England , as distinguished from Presby- terianism and Papistry ; and they were also required to swear that they would not consent to any alteration of the government of the Church , by archbishops , bishops , priests , and deacons ...
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... England , and in- flict upon the Protestants there the same barbarities . It was impossible for such events to happen without public feeling being excited to the highest pitch . The parliament was aroused ; the country rose to arms ...
... England , and in- flict upon the Protestants there the same barbarities . It was impossible for such events to happen without public feeling being excited to the highest pitch . The parliament was aroused ; the country rose to arms ...
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... England were ordered to be hewn down . Play - houses were to be dismantled , the spectators fined , and the actors whipped at the cart's tail . Magistrates dispersed festive meetings , and put fiddlers in the stocks . The zeal of the ...
... England were ordered to be hewn down . Play - houses were to be dismantled , the spectators fined , and the actors whipped at the cart's tail . Magistrates dispersed festive meetings , and put fiddlers in the stocks . The zeal of the ...
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Page 84 - Here she beholds the chaos dark and deep, Where nameless somethings in their causes sleep, 'Till genial Jacob, or a warm third day, Call forth each mass, a poem, or a play...
Page 429 - Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Page 102 - 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 126 - But, during the latter part of the seventeenth century, the culture of the female mind seems to have been almost entirely neglected. If a damsel had the least smattering of literature, she was regarded as a prodigy.
Page 434 - BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD, YEA SAITH THE SPIRIT THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.
Page 394 - Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Page 350 - Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it : and I willingly take this opportunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment, which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe it.
Page 367 - Even the curious may find something to please them, if they scorn to be edified. It has been the labour of eight years of this learned man's life; I call him what he is, a learned man, and I engage you will approve his prose more than you formerly could his poetry.
Page 129 - Often it was only by toiling on his glebe, by feeding swine, and by loading dungcarts, that he could obtain daily bread; nor did his utmost exertions always prevent the bailiffs from taking his concordance and his inkstand in execution. It was a white day on which he was admitted into the kitchen of a great house, and regaled by the servants with cold meat and ale. His children were brought up like the children of the neighbouring peasantry. His boys followed the plough; and his girls went out to...
Page 307 - In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth ; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us.