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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... express the thing more strongly still , ) " Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered . " - Sermons , vol . ii , p . 121 . SECTION XV . His Providence mysterious . INCOMPREHENSIBLE to us are many of the divine dis- pensations ...
... express the thing more strongly still , ) " Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered . " - Sermons , vol . ii , p . 121 . SECTION XV . His Providence mysterious . INCOMPREHENSIBLE to us are many of the divine dis- pensations ...
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... express image of his person , " Heb . i , 3 , the Father " hath committed all judgment , because he is the Son of Man , ” John v , 22 , 27 ; because , though he was " in the form of God , and thought it not robbery to be equal with God ...
... express image of his person , " Heb . i , 3 , the Father " hath committed all judgment , because he is the Son of Man , ” John v , 22 , 27 ; because , though he was " in the form of God , and thought it not robbery to be equal with God ...
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... express what the children of God experience . But perhaps one might say , ( desiring any who are taught of God to correct , to soften , or strengthen the expression , ) The testimony of the Spirit is an inward impression on the soul ...
... express what the children of God experience . But perhaps one might say , ( desiring any who are taught of God to correct , to soften , or strengthen the expression , ) The testimony of the Spirit is an inward impression on the soul ...
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... express that he is only grieved at it ; that his indignation does not flame out against those who are thus basely ungrateful , and consume them in a moment . Sermons , vol . ii , pp . 515 , 516 . SECTION III . The efficient Cause of ...
... express that he is only grieved at it ; that his indignation does not flame out against those who are thus basely ungrateful , and consume them in a moment . Sermons , vol . ii , pp . 515 , 516 . SECTION III . The efficient Cause of ...
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... express image of his person . " If virtue , " said the ancient heathen , " could assume such a shape as that we could behold her with our eyes , what wonderful love would she excite in us ! " If virtue could do this ! It is done already ...
... express image of his person . " If virtue , " said the ancient heathen , " could assume such a shape as that we could behold her with our eyes , what wonderful love would she excite in us ! " If virtue could do this ! It is done already ...
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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.