The History of the Religious Movement of the Eighteenth Century, Called Methodism ...Carlton & Porter, 1858 |
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... Class Meetings . 176 lege Boston .. 141 Sketch of John Nelson . 176 His triumphant Passage through the Colonies .... Wesley at Newcastle .. 181 143 • Preaches on his Father's Tomb 183 The General Rules .. 185 Their Catholicity . 187 ...
... Class Meetings . 176 lege Boston .. 141 Sketch of John Nelson . 176 His triumphant Passage through the Colonies .... Wesley at Newcastle .. 181 143 • Preaches on his Father's Tomb 183 The General Rules .. 185 Their Catholicity . 187 ...
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... class of writers had triumphed , and were at this time in full prevalence across the channel . The Encyclopedists had attempted the design of eradicating from the circle of the sciences every trace of Christian truth ; and the polite ...
... class of writers had triumphed , and were at this time in full prevalence across the channel . The Encyclopedists had attempted the design of eradicating from the circle of the sciences every trace of Christian truth ; and the polite ...
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... class followed , who have not been placed , by public opinion , in the rank of the classical essayists . Dr. Johnson , in his Rambler , restored the periodical essay to its first dignity , and gave it a still higher moral tone . Though ...
... class followed , who have not been placed , by public opinion , in the rank of the classical essayists . Dr. Johnson , in his Rambler , restored the periodical essay to its first dignity , and gave it a still higher moral tone . Though ...
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... classes laughed at piety , and prided themselves on being above what they called its fanaticism ; the lower classes were grossly ignorant , and abandoned to vice , while the Church , enervated by a universal decline , was unable longer ...
... classes laughed at piety , and prided themselves on being above what they called its fanaticism ; the lower classes were grossly ignorant , and abandoned to vice , while the Church , enervated by a universal decline , was unable longer ...
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... Class - meeting , the ancient Agape or Love - feast . It was , in fine , a system of vital doctrines and practical expedients - a breaking away from the dead - weights which had encumbered the march of the Reformation - a revival Church ...
... Class - meeting , the ancient Agape or Love - feast . It was , in fine , a system of vital doctrines and practical expedients - a breaking away from the dead - weights which had encumbered the march of the Reformation - a revival Church ...
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Page 117 - And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 181 - 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 197 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 185 - Such a society is no other than " a company of men having the form and seeking the power of godliness, united in order to pray together, to receive the word of exhortation, and to watch over one another in love, that they may help each other to work out their salvation.
Page 139 - Christ of these outcasts, for know, ' except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 45 - 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 30 - ... the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost," — joy, that is to say, in the holy, healthful, and helpful Spirit.
Page 186 - God giveth, by giving food to the hungry, by clothing the naked, by visiting or helping them that are sick or in prison. To their souls, by instructing, reproving, or exhorting all...
Page 103 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 475 - The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, • At any other time, friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely ; but not now, for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.