The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M.T. Mason, 1839 |
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... circumcision . For , as that was a sign and seal of God's covenant , so is this . 2. The matter of this sacrament is water ; which , as it has a natural power of cleansing , is the more fit for this symbolical use . Baptism is performed ...
... circumcision . For , as that was a sign and seal of God's covenant , so is this . 2. The matter of this sacrament is water ; which , as it has a natural power of cleansing , is the more fit for this symbolical use . Baptism is performed ...
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... circumcision was then the way of entering into this covenant , so baptism is now ; which is therefore styled by the Apostle , ( so many good interpreters render ... circumcision was of the circumcision of the heart . TREATISE ON BAPTISM . 15.
... circumcision was then the way of entering into this covenant , so baptism is now ; which is therefore styled by the Apostle , ( so many good interpreters render ... circumcision was of the circumcision of the heart . TREATISE ON BAPTISM . 15.
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John Wesley. ward circumcision was of the circumcision of the heart . Nor would it have availed a Jew to say , " I have the inward circumcision , and there- fore do not need the outward too : " that soul was to be cut off from his people ...
John Wesley. ward circumcision was of the circumcision of the heart . Nor would it have availed a Jew to say , " I have the inward circumcision , and there- fore do not need the outward too : " that soul was to be cut off from his people ...
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... circumcision , appears as well from the clear reason of the thing , as from the Apostle's argument , where , after circumcision , he mentions baptism , as that wherein God had " forgiven us our trespasses ; " to which he adds , the ...
... circumcision , appears as well from the clear reason of the thing , as from the Apostle's argument , where , after circumcision , he mentions baptism , as that wherein God had " forgiven us our trespasses ; " to which he adds , the ...
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... circumcision . And can we suppose they are in a worse con- dition under the Gospel , than they were under the law ... circumcision ; the women by baptism only . Consequently , the Apostles , unless our Lord had expressly forbidden it ...
... circumcision . And can we suppose they are in a worse con- dition under the Gospel , than they were under the law ... circumcision ; the women by baptism only . Consequently , the Apostles , unless our Lord had expressly forbidden it ...
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Page 79 - 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 47 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 376 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 557 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 354 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 49 - And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 84 - Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Page 53 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 367 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water : but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Page 50 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.