The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 - 622 pages |
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... sent a message to him that he should quit the house , and presently turned his wife out of doors also . Having now thrown off all restraint and all regard to de- cency , he publicly and privately recommended po- lygamy as conformable to ...
... sent a message to him that he should quit the house , and presently turned his wife out of doors also . Having now thrown off all restraint and all regard to de- cency , he publicly and privately recommended po- lygamy as conformable to ...
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... sent himself , and confront the witnesses . He had prayed that the Lord would call home his banished ones ; and this the accusers construed , in good faith , perfect sincerity , dis- " I had no thoughts , 26 [ 1742 . OUTCRY AGAINST ...
... sent himself , and confront the witnesses . He had prayed that the Lord would call home his banished ones ; and this the accusers construed , in good faith , perfect sincerity , dis- " I had no thoughts , 26 [ 1742 . OUTCRY AGAINST ...
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... sent out three or four steady and resolute men to seize one of the ringleaders : they brought him into the house , cursing and blaspheming , dispatched him under a good escort to the nearest justice , and bound him over to the next ...
... sent out three or four steady and resolute men to seize one of the ringleaders : they brought him into the house , cursing and blaspheming , dispatched him under a good escort to the nearest justice , and bound him over to the next ...
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... sent out word that he was in bed , and could not be spoken with . Here they were at a stand again : at last they thought the wisest thing they could do would be to make the best of their way home ; and about fifty undertook to escort Mr ...
... sent out word that he was in bed , and could not be spoken with . Here they were at a stand again : at last they thought the wisest thing they could do would be to make the best of their way home ; and about fifty undertook to escort Mr ...
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... sent to prison ; and there he thought of the poor pilgrims who were arrested in their pro- gress ; for the people came in crowds , and looked at him through the iron grate . Some said it was a shame to send a man for a soldier for ...
... sent to prison ; and there he thought of the poor pilgrims who were arrested in their pro- gress ; for the people came in crowds , and looked at him through the iron grate . Some said it was a shame to send a man for a soldier for ...
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Page 371 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for why will ye die, 0 house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 371 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 502 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Page 371 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 230 - I did not disapprove of the design, but, as Georgia was then destitute of materials and workmen, and it was proposed to send them from Philadelphia at a great...
Page 253 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you ; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Page 393 - Seymour to draw up the charter, which was to be given, with two thousand pounds in money, he opposed the grant ; saying that the nation was engaged in an expensive war, that the money was wanted for better purposes, and he did not see the least occasion for a college in Virginia. Blair represented to him, that its intention was to educate and qualify young men to be ministers of the Gospel, much wanted there ; and begged Mr. Attorney would consider, that the people of Virginia had souls to be saved,...
Page 371 - Repent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye (Ezek., 18: 27-32).