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... Honour , Welfare , and Prefervation of this CHURCH and KINGDOM , we defire an entire and Speedy SEPARAtion . Repofing therefore on YOUR Grace's juft Difcernment , Goodness , Humanity , and Integrity in YOUR SACRED TRUST . I remain , MY ...
... Honour , Welfare , and Prefervation of this CHURCH and KINGDOM , we defire an entire and Speedy SEPARAtion . Repofing therefore on YOUR Grace's juft Difcernment , Goodness , Humanity , and Integrity in YOUR SACRED TRUST . I remain , MY ...
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... Honour and the publick Good , For if it had been reported that the Orthodox Clergyman had poffeffed their Efteem more extenfively than the Methodist ; I am confident , that all the World , who knows me , will be- lieve , that I fhould ...
... Honour and the publick Good , For if it had been reported that the Orthodox Clergyman had poffeffed their Efteem more extenfively than the Methodist ; I am confident , that all the World , who knows me , will be- lieve , that I fhould ...
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... Honour , what can be a greater Honour than Defamation ? An ordinary Reader perhaps , may be a little at a Lofs , as to the Grounds , upon which he is to affent to this , not knowing whether it be the common Senfe of a Methodist or his ...
... Honour , what can be a greater Honour than Defamation ? An ordinary Reader perhaps , may be a little at a Lofs , as to the Grounds , upon which he is to affent to this , not knowing whether it be the common Senfe of a Methodist or his ...
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... Honours , to what is on- ly imaginary GOOD , or Infamy and Vengeance to imagi- nary EVIL . When I had advanced thus far , I received a little Pamphlet from the Reverend Mr. John Wesley , entitled , A Letter to the Reverend Dr. Free ...
... Honours , to what is on- ly imaginary GOOD , or Infamy and Vengeance to imagi- nary EVIL . When I had advanced thus far , I received a little Pamphlet from the Reverend Mr. John Wesley , entitled , A Letter to the Reverend Dr. Free ...
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... to Distraction , or give great Disturbance to his own Peace , and that of his Family . This alludes to the Situation of their Conventicles and Meeting - Houfes . true true APOSTLES or is it for the Honour of the 30 Rules for the Discovery.
... to Distraction , or give great Disturbance to his own Peace , and that of his Family . This alludes to the Situation of their Conventicles and Meeting - Houfes . true true APOSTLES or is it for the Honour of the 30 Rules for the Discovery.
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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.