The life of Wesley; and the rise and progress of Methodism, Volume 1

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Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858 - Methodism
 

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Page 185 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for why will ye die, 0 house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 185 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him,
Page 260 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ ; neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or, as the...
Page 266 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Page 185 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 67 - So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
Page 185 - Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways and live?
Page 289 - After my return home, I was much buffeted with temptations ; but cried out, and they fled away. They returned again and again. I as often lifted up my eyes, and He " sent me help from his holy place." And herein I found the difference between this and my former state chiefly consisted. I was striving, yea, fighting with all my might under the Law, as well as under grace. But then I was sometimes, if not often, conquered ; now, I was always conqueror. 17. Thur. 25. — The moment I awaked, "Jesus,...
Page 300 - Baptize, or to administer the Lord's Supper. Ye never dreamed of this for ten or twenty years after ye began to preach. Ye did not then, like Korah, Dathan and Abiram. ' seek the Priesthood also.' Ye knew ' no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Page 182 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...

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