The Life of the Rev. John Wesley: Founder of the Methodist SocietiesS. Hoyt, 1831 - 328 pages |
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... prayers are , that God would keep you humble ; and then I am sure that if you con- tinue to suffer for righteousness ' sake , ' though it be but in a lower degree , the Spirit of God and of glory shall in some good measure rest upon you ...
... prayers are , that God would keep you humble ; and then I am sure that if you con- tinue to suffer for righteousness ' sake , ' though it be but in a lower degree , the Spirit of God and of glory shall in some good measure rest upon you ...
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... prayer ; and above all , of partaking in that sacrament once a week . What shall I do to make all these blessings effectual ? to gain from them that mind which was also in Christ Jesus ? " To all who give signs of their not being ...
... prayer ; and above all , of partaking in that sacrament once a week . What shall I do to make all these blessings effectual ? to gain from them that mind which was also in Christ Jesus ? " To all who give signs of their not being ...
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... ' distinctly , and with a voice of hope and joy . Af- ter John had used the commendatory prayer , he said , ' Now you have done all these were his last words , and he passed away so peacefully and insensibly , that his 24 LIFE OF WESLEY .
... ' distinctly , and with a voice of hope and joy . Af- ter John had used the commendatory prayer , he said , ' Now you have done all these were his last words , and he passed away so peacefully and insensibly , that his 24 LIFE OF WESLEY .
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... prayers were heard , for God had granted him an easy death , and had strengthened her to bear it . " * Brighter views of the doctrine of faith had opened upon his mind , during his sickness , and shed their influence upon his last hours ...
... prayers were heard , for God had granted him an easy death , and had strengthened her to bear it . " * Brighter views of the doctrine of faith had opened upon his mind , during his sickness , and shed their influence upon his last hours ...
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... prayers at the Castle most Wednesdays and Fridays , a sermon on Sunday , and the sacrament once a month . " When they ... prayer to be more his business than any thing else ; and I have seen him come out of his closet with a serenity of ...
... prayers at the Castle most Wednesdays and Fridays , a sermon on Sunday , and the sacrament once a month . " When they ... prayer to be more his business than any thing else ; and I have seen him come out of his closet with a serenity of ...
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Page 160 - Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 78 - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Page 50 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. 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.
Page 292 - 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 49 - OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord : Lord, hear my voice. 0 let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared.
Page 221 - 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 50 - ... 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
Page 102 - 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 51 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 280 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.