The Life of the Rev. John WesleyWesleyan Conference Office, 1831 - 485 pages |
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... Lord's supper all the members are united to one another , and to Christ the head . The Holy Ghost confers on us the graces neces- sary for , and our souls receive the seeds of , an immortal nature . Now , surely these graces are not of ...
... Lord's supper all the members are united to one another , and to Christ the head . The Holy Ghost confers on us the graces neces- sary for , and our souls receive the seeds of , an immortal nature . Now , surely these graces are not of ...
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... Lord , one Spirit , one hope of our calling ? one way of attaining that hope ? Then I am to renounce the world as well as you . That is the very thing I want to do : to draw off my affections from this world , and fix them on a better ...
... Lord , one Spirit , one hope of our calling ? one way of attaining that hope ? Then I am to renounce the world as well as you . That is the very thing I want to do : to draw off my affections from this world , and fix them on a better ...
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... more to distribute in charity ; and partly to accustom himself to fatigue and hardship . In these excursions , he constantly preached on the Lord's day ; so * Whitehead's Life . 66 that he might now be called , in some degree 24.
... more to distribute in charity ; and partly to accustom himself to fatigue and hardship . In these excursions , he constantly preached on the Lord's day ; so * Whitehead's Life . 66 that he might now be called , in some degree 24.
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... Lord's table , until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented . ' 66 If you offer yourself at the Lord's table on Sunday , I will advertise you , as I have done more than once , wherein you have done wrong : and when you ...
... Lord's table , until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented . ' 66 If you offer yourself at the Lord's table on Sunday , I will advertise you , as I have done more than once , wherein you have done wrong : and when you ...
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Richard Watson. Wesley had repelled Mrs. Williamson from the Lord's table was stated to be his resentment against her ... Lord hath promised to them that love him . ' " † As the sitting of the Court drew near , Causton used every art to ...
Richard Watson. Wesley had repelled Mrs. Williamson from the Lord's table was stated to be his resentment against her ... Lord hath promised to them that love him . ' " † As the sitting of the Court drew near , Causton used every art to ...
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Page 308 - 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 237 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 200 - Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
Page 167 - Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 100 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 44 - LORD'S Table, until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented...
Page 58 - About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me, that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 50 - I have a sin of fear that when I've spun My last thread I shall perish on the shore. But swear by thyself that at my death thy Son Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore. And having done that, thou hast done, I fear no more.
Page 193 - Jesus, confirm my heart's desire To work, and speak, and think for thee ; Still let me guard the holy fire, And still stir up thy gift in me.
Page 179 - For as many as are led by the -Spirit of God are the sons of God.