Episcopal Methodism: As it Was, and isDerby and Miller, 1852 - 354 pages |
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... reader , however , will find much original matter even here , the arrangement of course being principally ori- ginal . The statistical information has been obtained from the General Minutes , and from other reliable sources . Hoping the ...
... reader , however , will find much original matter even here , the arrangement of course being principally ori- ginal . The statistical information has been obtained from the General Minutes , and from other reliable sources . Hoping the ...
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... reader would no doubt feel disposed to think that we had given altogether too dark a picture of the then existing state of things ; but the annals of the times convince us that while infidelity prevailed among the higher classes , and ...
... reader would no doubt feel disposed to think that we had given altogether too dark a picture of the then existing state of things ; but the annals of the times convince us that while infidelity prevailed among the higher classes , and ...
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... reader will perceive that while we do not claim for the Wesleys the possession of the same degree of inspiration granted to the prophets and apostles of old , we do claim for them such a degree of inspiration as is not ordinarily given ...
... reader will perceive that while we do not claim for the Wesleys the possession of the same degree of inspiration granted to the prophets and apostles of old , we do claim for them such a degree of inspiration as is not ordinarily given ...
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... same is true of many of those who adopted their views and became members of their Societies . It may not be uninterest- ing or unprofitable to the reader , to give a Persecution of the Wesleys and others-Riots-Arrests-Anec- dotes.
... same is true of many of those who adopted their views and became members of their Societies . It may not be uninterest- ing or unprofitable to the reader , to give a Persecution of the Wesleys and others-Riots-Arrests-Anec- dotes.
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As it Was, and is Peter Douglass Gorrie. ing or unprofitable to the reader , to give a few instances of bitter hostility on the part of clergymen and others , to the early Methodists , which facts we glean principally from Wesley's ...
As it Was, and is Peter Douglass Gorrie. ing or unprofitable to the reader , to give a few instances of bitter hostility on the part of clergymen and others , to the early Methodists , which facts we glean principally from Wesley's ...
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Page 143 - Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance , so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the godhead and manhood, were joined together in one person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man...
Page 226 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 181 - The offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 149 - The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Page 162 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 154 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 306 - Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
Page 150 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 138 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the maker and preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 215 - And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment...