The Life of the Rev. John WesleyWesleyan Conference Office, 1831 - 485 pages |
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... moral habits , and to form their religious principles . Here his discipli- nary habits had their first manifestation . He required them to rise very early ; he directed their reading , and controlled their general conduct , by rules to ...
... moral habits , and to form their religious principles . Here his discipli- nary habits had their first manifestation . He required them to rise very early ; he directed their reading , and controlled their general conduct , by rules to ...
Page 49
... moral effects of which he speaks , with the faith of a man who is in a justified state , which necessarily pro- duces them because of that vital union into which it brings him with Christ , his Saviour , by whom he is saved from the ...
... moral effects of which he speaks , with the faith of a man who is in a justified state , which necessarily pro- duces them because of that vital union into which it brings him with Christ , his Saviour , by whom he is saved from the ...
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... that I know nothing of myself , that I am , as touching outward , moral righteousness , blameless ? or , to come closer yet , the having a rational conviction of all the truths of Christi- anity ? Does all this give a claim to the D 2 51.
... that I know nothing of myself , that I am , as touching outward , moral righteousness , blameless ? or , to come closer yet , the having a rational conviction of all the truths of Christi- anity ? Does all this give a claim to the D 2 51.
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... moral obe- dience to the divine law , be plainly placed by St. Paul in opposition to this , and declared to be vain and fruitless ; then , if in this way the Wesleys sought their justification before God , we see how true their own ...
... moral obe- dience to the divine law , be plainly placed by St. Paul in opposition to this , and declared to be vain and fruitless ; then , if in this way the Wesleys sought their justification before God , we see how true their own ...
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... moral law , though we may still regard it as in some way connected with the Gospel , and call it by the general term of Christianity , of which it in truth forms the preceptive part , and resort to it , not that we may be convinced of ...
... moral law , though we may still regard it as in some way connected with the Gospel , and call it by the general term of Christianity , of which it in truth forms the preceptive part , and resort to it , not that we may be convinced of ...
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Popular passages
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.