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Mr. Charles Wesley proceeded Master of Arts in the usual course, and thought
only of spending all his days at Oxford as a tutor; for he exceedingly dreaded
entering into Holy Orders." * In 1735, Mr. John Wesley yielded to the pressing ...
Mr. Charles Wesley proceeded Master of Arts in the usual course, and thought
only of spending all his days at Oxford as a tutor; for he exceedingly dreaded
entering into Holy Orders." * In 1735, Mr. John Wesley yielded to the pressing ...
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Some doubts arising in his mind on the motives which ought to influence a man
in taking Holy Orders, he proposed them to his father, with a frankness that does
great credit to the integrity of his heart. His father's answer is dated, January 26, ...
Some doubts arising in his mind on the motives which ought to influence a man
in taking Holy Orders, he proposed them to his father, with a frankness that does
great credit to the integrity of his heart. His father's answer is dated, January 26, ...
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be unwilling and undesirous to enter into Orders, it is easy to guess whether he
can say so much as, with common honesty, that he trusts he is “moved to it by the
Holy Ghost." But the principal spring and motive, to which all the former should ...
be unwilling and undesirous to enter into Orders, it is easy to guess whether he
can say so much as, with common honesty, that he trusts he is “moved to it by the
Holy Ghost." But the principal spring and motive, to which all the former should ...
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When I was about twenty-two, my father pressed me to enter into Holy Orders. ...
And meeting likewise with a religious friend, which I never had till now, I began to
alter the whole form of my conversation, and to set in earnest upon a New life.
When I was about twenty-two, my father pressed me to enter into Holy Orders. ...
And meeting likewise with a religious friend, which I never had till now, I began to
alter the whole form of my conversation, and to set in earnest upon a New life.
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little discourse concerning enthusiasm or religious delusion, published about this
time. ... Not to censure persons in holy orders, for teaching the same doctrines
which are taught in the Scriptures and by our church; lest they should ignorantly ...
little discourse concerning enthusiasm or religious delusion, published about this
time. ... Not to censure persons in holy orders, for teaching the same doctrines
which are taught in the Scriptures and by our church; lest they should ignorantly ...
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Page 280 - In the evening, I went very unwillingly to a Society in Aldcrsgate-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 203 - For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 159 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord...
Page 366 - And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 429 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Page 161 - Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 351 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Page 283 - ... let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another ; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Page 14 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 5 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.