Rules for the discovery of false prophets: or the Dangerous impositions of the ... Methodists, detected, a sermon1758 |
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... Such being the proftrate , miferable State of the Church and thofe , who used to defend it , and fuch the triumphant State of its Enemies , I cannot fee how any Order of Men in the English PRIESTHOOD , though they do not stand in the ...
... Such being the proftrate , miferable State of the Church and thofe , who used to defend it , and fuch the triumphant State of its Enemies , I cannot fee how any Order of Men in the English PRIESTHOOD , though they do not stand in the ...
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... Such being the Advantages , which the State may gather fort Account of his MAJESTY's ancient Pedigree , and such Elements of our English History as might have fhewn whence ve come , and who we were , to have been used publickly in ...
... Such being the Advantages , which the State may gather fort Account of his MAJESTY's ancient Pedigree , and such Elements of our English History as might have fhewn whence ve come , and who we were , to have been used publickly in ...
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... SUCH A PIECE OF TREACHERY AS THIS . We muft apply to our Commanders , -If YOUR GRACE , and my LORDS the BISHOPS have not Power fufficient to afford us Redress , We must apply to Parliament . His MAJESTY by the OLD + OFFICE of the KINGS ...
... SUCH A PIECE OF TREACHERY AS THIS . We muft apply to our Commanders , -If YOUR GRACE , and my LORDS the BISHOPS have not Power fufficient to afford us Redress , We must apply to Parliament . His MAJESTY by the OLD + OFFICE of the KINGS ...
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... it's Reproach ) the Heartiness of the Zeal , where- with I oppofe them . This will lay me under a Neceffity of using such Words , whether they found agreeable or no not , as by the common Confent of Mankind belong ív The PREFACE .
... it's Reproach ) the Heartiness of the Zeal , where- with I oppofe them . This will lay me under a Neceffity of using such Words , whether they found agreeable or no not , as by the common Confent of Mankind belong ív The PREFACE .
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... such a particular Manner to confefs it to be Fact , and that he himself is of the fame Opinion . It is no Matter to me whether this Man expreffes his Conclufion in his own Words , or the Words of Burket . If he admires this Profeffion ...
... such a particular Manner to confefs it to be Fact , and that he himself is of the fame Opinion . It is no Matter to me whether this Man expreffes his Conclufion in his own Words , or the Words of Burket . If he admires this Profeffion ...
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Page 16 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams...
Page iv - Picts by the Romans : their Settlement in the North of" Britain: the Original of their Name, and the Nature, Extent, and Duration of their Language. IV. Of the Scots from Ireland, and the Extent of the Erse Language ; in order to distinguish it from the English in the North of Britain, which vulgarly passes under the Name of Broad Scotch.
Page 16 - Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or dreamer of dreams ; for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul...
Page 29 - Spirit, than diose sudden Agonies, Roarings and Screamings, Tremblings, Droppingsdown, Ravings and Madnesses;1 into which their Hearers have been cast; according to the Relations given of them in the Journals referr'd to ? ... Qu. 8. Whether, in a Christian Nation, where the Instruction and Edification of the People is provided-for, by placing Ministers in certain Districts, to whom the Care of the Souls within those Districts is regularly committed ; It can be for the Service of Religion, that Itinerant...
Page 4 - is fpirit : the wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft " the found thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, nor " whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Page 17 - fpoken to turn you away from the LORD your " GOD, which brought you out of the land of
Page 34 - In fine, the whole New Testament speaks aloud, that as to the matter of acceptance with God, there is no difference betwixt one man and another; — no difference betwixt the best accomplished gentleman, and the most infamous scoundrel; —no difference betwixt the most...
Page 10 - Baal, in the following paflage : i Kings xviii. 26, 27. " And they called on the name of Baal, from morning until *' noon, faying, Oh Baal, hear us ! But there was no voice, ** nor any that anfwered. And they leaped upon the altar which " was made. And it came to pafs, at noon, that Elijah mocked " them, and faid, Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talk" ing, or he is purfuing, or he is in a journey ; or peradventure . " he fleepeth, and muft be awaked.
Page 31 - Slothfulnefs and Indolence •which once attended me, and was but feebly complained of, I am no more that formal, indifferent, languishing Creature I was on Earth, but my Soul now feels the Fire of Divine Love, which burns with a perpetual and uninterrupted Flame, bein...
Page 31 - Oh, my friend, be trimming your lamp — hasten the time. Fly away ye lingering moments, and bring my dear Fido, and my other dear friends, to the arms of Jesus — to see and enjoy what I enjoy.