Wesleyana, Or, A Complete System of Wesleyan Theology: Selected from the Writings of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M. : and So Arranged as to Form a Miniature Body of Divinity (from a London Publication)T. Mason & G. Lane, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 1840 - Methodist Church - 326 pages |
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... able to judge . To the Editor of the [ Wesleyan ] Methodist Magazine . I have lately been taking a view of the origin of Me- thodism , and of the manner in which it has pleased God so graciously to carry on that great work which has ...
... able to judge . To the Editor of the [ Wesleyan ] Methodist Magazine . I have lately been taking a view of the origin of Me- thodism , and of the manner in which it has pleased God so graciously to carry on that great work which has ...
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... able eminence for piety . Bartholomew Wesley , his great- grandfather , received his education in one of the univer- sities , and afterward held the living of Allington in Dor- setshire . From this he was ejected by the " Act of Uni ...
... able eminence for piety . Bartholomew Wesley , his great- grandfather , received his education in one of the univer- sities , and afterward held the living of Allington in Dor- setshire . From this he was ejected by the " Act of Uni ...
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... able , ) one year and nearly nine months . " During his voyage to England Mr. Wesley entered into a close and severe examination of himself , of which he thus records the result : 66 By the most infallible proofs I am convinced , ( 1 ...
... able , ) one year and nearly nine months . " During his voyage to England Mr. Wesley entered into a close and severe examination of himself , of which he thus records the result : 66 By the most infallible proofs I am convinced , ( 1 ...
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... able to bear with those that are weak , might be a means , under God , of so establishing his soul that he might " go on from faith to faith , and from strength to strength . " Having taken leave of his mother , he em- barked at ...
... able to bear with those that are weak , might be a means , under God , of so establishing his soul that he might " go on from faith to faith , and from strength to strength . " Having taken leave of his mother , he em- barked at ...
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... FIRST YEAR OF HIS AGE : NOT LEAVING , AFTER HIS DEBTS ARE PAID , TEN POUNDS BEHIND HIM ; PRAYING , GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME AN UNPROFIT- ABLE SERVANT . He ordered that this inscription , if any , should 26 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF J. WESLEY .
... FIRST YEAR OF HIS AGE : NOT LEAVING , AFTER HIS DEBTS ARE PAID , TEN POUNDS BEHIND HIM ; PRAYING , GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME AN UNPROFIT- ABLE SERVANT . He ordered that this inscription , if any , should 26 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF J. WESLEY .
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Page 134 - I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me; for I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing; for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I find not; for the good that I would, I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 241 - And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Page 100 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 174 - And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Page 270 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 169 - Go unto this people, and say: Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive, "for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 133 - For that which I do I allow not : for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Page 247 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 133 - For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Page 190 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.