The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M., with Memoirs of the Wesley Family: To which are Subjoined, Dr. Whitehead's Funeral Sermon: and a Comprehensive History of American MethodismGeorge Dobbin and Murphy, 1807 - 351 pages |
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... mind ; though I am not a man , nor a mi- nister of the gospel , and so cannot be engaged in such a worthy employment as they were ; yet , if my heart were sincerely devoted to God , and if I were inspired with a true zeal for his glory ...
... mind ; though I am not a man , nor a mi- nister of the gospel , and so cannot be engaged in such a worthy employment as they were ; yet , if my heart were sincerely devoted to God , and if I were inspired with a true zeal for his glory ...
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... minds of this people towards us , so that we now live in the greatest amity imaginable ; and what is still bet- ter , they are very much reformed in their behaviour on the Lord's day ; and those who used to be playing in the streets ...
... minds of this people towards us , so that we now live in the greatest amity imaginable ; and what is still bet- ter , they are very much reformed in their behaviour on the Lord's day ; and those who used to be playing in the streets ...
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... minds of these people against Inman especially , who has had so little wit as to speak publickly against it . I can now keep them to the church , but if it be laid aside , I doubt they will never go to hear him more , at least those who ...
... minds of these people against Inman especially , who has had so little wit as to speak publickly against it . I can now keep them to the church , but if it be laid aside , I doubt they will never go to hear him more , at least those who ...
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... mind , with a considerable facility in receiving instruction . When he had been some years at school , Mr. R. Wesley , a gentleman of large fortune in Ireland , wrote to his father , and asked if he had any son named Charles , if so ...
... mind , with a considerable facility in receiving instruction . When he had been some years at school , Mr. R. Wesley , a gentleman of large fortune in Ireland , wrote to his father , and asked if he had any son named Charles , if so ...
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... mind . Mr. Oglethorpe being immediately expected to re- turn from his excursion with the Indians ; the violence of the party against Mr. Wesley was so great , that the Doctor sent his wife to arm herself from among his in- struments to ...
... mind . Mr. Oglethorpe being immediately expected to re- turn from his excursion with the Indians ; the violence of the party against Mr. Wesley was so great , that the Doctor sent his wife to arm herself from among his in- struments to ...
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LIFE OF THE REV JOHN WESLEY A George 1780-1845 Bourne,John 1740?-1804 Whitehead No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 132 - 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 23 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 260 - 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 296 - I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 201 - 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 336 - Lord King's Account of the Primitive Church convinced me, many years ago, that bishops and presbyters are the same order, and consequently have the same right to ordain.
Page 231 - ... the oath which he sware to our father Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
Page 230 - I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe on me through their word : that they all may be one , as thou, Father, art in me , • and I in thee ; that they also may be one in us ; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.
Page 120 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 53 - And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.