The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M.T. Mason, 1839 - Methodist Church |
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... desire . Accordingly , you are as really " moved by the Spirit " when he convinces you you ought to feed him that is hungry , as when he gives you ever so strong an impulse , desire , or inclination so to do . In like manner , you are ...
... desire . Accordingly , you are as really " moved by the Spirit " when he convinces you you ought to feed him that is hungry , as when he gives you ever so strong an impulse , desire , or inclination so to do . In like manner , you are ...
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... desire of my heart ! that he would grant the thing which I long for ! even that your mind might now be free and calm , and open to the light of his Spirit ! that you would impar- tially consider how it is possible to reconcile ...
... desire of my heart ! that he would grant the thing which I long for ! even that your mind might now be free and calm , and open to the light of his Spirit ! that you would impar- tially consider how it is possible to reconcile ...
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... desire , viz . that " there are these dispositions in all believers . " It avails nothing therefore to add , " But we are not made good by goodness , or gentle by gentleness . We are only denominated good or gentle from these fruits of ...
... desire , viz . that " there are these dispositions in all believers . " It avails nothing therefore to add , " But we are not made good by goodness , or gentle by gentleness . We are only denominated good or gentle from these fruits of ...
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... desires to be converted , enter into the spirit of those books , he thereby becomes twofold more a child of hell than ... desire my thoughts on a paper lately addressed to the inhabitants of St. Stephen's parish , and an answer thereto ...
... desires to be converted , enter into the spirit of those books , he thereby becomes twofold more a child of hell than ... desire my thoughts on a paper lately addressed to the inhabitants of St. Stephen's parish , and an answer thereto ...
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... desire . One would not desire to hear any private person , of no great note in the Church or the world , speak , as it were , ex cathedrâ , with an air of infallibility , or at least of vast self - sufficiency , on a point wherein men ...
... desire . One would not desire to hear any private person , of no great note in the Church or the world , speak , as it were , ex cathedrâ , with an air of infallibility , or at least of vast self - sufficiency , on a point wherein men ...
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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.