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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... society which he had raised and organised . Funds were provided by a financial regulation so well devised , that the revenues would increase in exact proportion to the increase of the members . Assistant preachers were ready , in any ...
... society which he had raised and organised . Funds were provided by a financial regulation so well devised , that the revenues would increase in exact proportion to the increase of the members . Assistant preachers were ready , in any ...
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... society ; and his dutiful nephew took care that the pigs should always be fed during the time of preaching , that the alderman might have the full enjoyment of their music as well as their odour . Wesley says , in one of his Journals ...
... society ; and his dutiful nephew took care that the pigs should always be fed during the time of preaching , that the alderman might have the full enjoyment of their music as well as their odour . Wesley says , in one of his Journals ...
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... society had been formed at St. Ives , in Cornwall , by Charles Wesley . There was , how- ever , a strong spirit of opposition in that country ; and when news arrived that Admiral Matthews had beaten the Spaniards , the mob pulled down ...
... society had been formed at St. Ives , in Cornwall , by Charles Wesley . There was , how- ever , a strong spirit of opposition in that country ; and when news arrived that Admiral Matthews had beaten the Spaniards , the mob pulled down ...
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... society . Wesley at length took advantage of a break in his discourse to say , " Sir , be they what they will , I apprehend it will not justify you in seizing me in this manner , and violently carrying me away , as you said , to serve ...
... society . Wesley at length took advantage of a break in his discourse to say , " Sir , be they what they will , I apprehend it will not justify you in seizing me in this manner , and violently carrying me away , as you said , to serve ...
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... society , and earnestly charged them to beware of covetousness . All this time I was not asked to eat or drink . After the Society , some bread and cheese were set before me . I think , verily , -—— will not be ruined by entertaining me ...
... society , and earnestly charged them to beware of covetousness . All this time I was not asked to eat or drink . After the Society , some bread and cheese were set before me . I think , verily , -—— will not be ruined by entertaining me ...
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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).