Containing a plain account of Christian perfection, the appeals to men of reason and religion, principles of the Methodists, &cD. & S. Neall and W.S. Stockton, 1827 |
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... nature and extent of inward religion , the religion of the heart , now appeared to me in a stronger light than ever it had done before . saw that giving even all my life to God , ( supposing it possible to do this , and go no farther ...
... nature and extent of inward religion , the religion of the heart , now appeared to me in a stronger light than ever it had done before . saw that giving even all my life to God , ( supposing it possible to do this , and go no farther ...
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... nature's tide : Let all our actions tend To thee , their source ; thy love the guide , Thy glory be the end . Earth then a scale to heaven shall be : Sense shall point out the road : The creatures all shall lead to thee , And all we ...
... nature's tide : Let all our actions tend To thee , their source ; thy love the guide , Thy glory be the end . Earth then a scale to heaven shall be : Sense shall point out the road : The creatures all shall lead to thee , And all we ...
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... nature , the body of sin is destroyed ; and positively , ' Christ liveth in me , ' and therefore all that is holy , and just , and good . Indeed both these , Christ liveth in me , ' and I live not , ' are inseparably connected . For ...
... nature , the body of sin is destroyed ; and positively , ' Christ liveth in me , ' and therefore all that is holy , and just , and good . Indeed both these , Christ liveth in me , ' and I live not , ' are inseparably connected . For ...
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... nature of it . We willingly allow and continually declare , there is no such perfection in this life , as implies either a dispensation from doing good , and attending all the ordinances of God , or a freedom from ignorance , mistake ...
... nature of it . We willingly allow and continually declare , there is no such perfection in this life , as implies either a dispensation from doing good , and attending all the ordinances of God , or a freedom from ignorance , mistake ...
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... nature and properties of Christian Perfection . But still there is no contrariety at all , between our first and our last sentiments . Our first conception of it was , It is to have the mind which was in Christ , and to walk as he ...
... nature and properties of Christian Perfection . But still there is no contrariety at all , between our first and our last sentiments . Our first conception of it was , It is to have the mind which was in Christ , and to walk as he ...
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Page 245 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 252 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 197 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Page 109 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 249 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Page 223 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 244 - 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 317 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, Which men deliver to one that is learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee: And he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee : And he saith, I am not learned.
Page 239 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 278 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.