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... hope His profligate life in the army · Converted through the means of a comrade Describes a vision , in which he is persuaded that his sins are forgiven Marries , and leaves the army · 133 - 134 - 136 - 136 · 136 - 137 " 139 141 143 ...
... hope His profligate life in the army · Converted through the means of a comrade Describes a vision , in which he is persuaded that his sins are forgiven Marries , and leaves the army · 133 - 134 - 136 - 136 · 136 - 137 " 139 141 143 ...
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... hope he might soon be convinced that there was more in the matter than he was disposed to believe . In this they were not disappointed , for on the next night , a little after midnight , he was awakened by nine loud and distinct knocks ...
... hope he might soon be convinced that there was more in the matter than he was disposed to believe . In this they were not disappointed , for on the next night , a little after midnight , he was awakened by nine loud and distinct knocks ...
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... are comparatively little to the pur- poses of life . I heartily wish you would now enter upon a strict examination of yourself , that you may know whether you have a reasonable hope of salvation 1725. ] 31 WESLEY AT OXFORD .
... are comparatively little to the pur- poses of life . I heartily wish you would now enter upon a strict examination of yourself , that you may know whether you have a reasonable hope of salvation 1725. ] 31 WESLEY AT OXFORD .
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... hope of salvation by Jesus Christ . If you have , the satis- faction of knowing it will abundantly reward your pains ; if you have not , you will find a more rea- sonable occasion for tears than can be met with in a tragedy . " In ...
... hope of salvation by Jesus Christ . If you have , the satis- faction of knowing it will abundantly reward your pains ; if you have not , you will find a more rea- sonable occasion for tears than can be met with in a tragedy . " In ...
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... hope God has better work for you to do ; " words which , perhaps , in after years , carried with them a prophetic import and impulse to his imagination . The elder Wesley was now , from age and infirmity , become unequal to the duty of ...
... hope God has better work for you to do ; " words which , perhaps , in after years , carried with them a prophetic import and impulse to his imagination . The elder Wesley was now , from age and infirmity , become unequal to the duty of ...
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Popular passages
Page 378 - Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Page 113 - And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver, or have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that the congregation be thereby offended, the curate, having knowledge thereof, shall call him and advertise him, that in any wise he presume not to come to the Lord's Table until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented...
Page 86 - I must first ask you one or two questions. Have you the witness within yourself ? Does the spirit of God bear witness with your spirit, that you are a child of God?
Page 240 - At four in the afternoon, I submitted to be more vile, and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation, speaking from a little eminence in a ground adjoining to the city, to about three thousand people.
Page 184 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more ; and unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; to them that are without law...
Page 240 - And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 239 - I could scarce reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which he set me an example on Sunday ; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church.
Page 29 - Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind; that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.
Page 112 - So many as intend to be partakers of the Holy Communion, shall signify their names to the Curate, at least some time the day before.
Page 237 - As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, when one told me saying, Behold, Saul is dead...