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... heaven and earth shall pass away ; but this truth shall not pass away . " 6. But will it be sufficient to keep close to his Doctrines , how pure soever they are ? Is there not a point of still greater importance than this , namely , to ...
... heaven and earth shall pass away ; but this truth shall not pass away . " 6. But will it be sufficient to keep close to his Doctrines , how pure soever they are ? Is there not a point of still greater importance than this , namely , to ...
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John Wesley. an evil nature , and bring heaven - born peace into his soul . But the more he struggled , the more he was convinced , that all his fallen soul was sin , and that nothing but a revela- tation of the love of Jesus , could ...
John Wesley. an evil nature , and bring heaven - born peace into his soul . But the more he struggled , the more he was convinced , that all his fallen soul was sin , and that nothing but a revela- tation of the love of Jesus , could ...
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... heaven ; I may well be allowed to add , my loss is be- yond the power of words to paint . I have gone through deep waters : but all my afflictions were nothing compared to this . Well : I want no pleasant prospect , but upwards ; nor ...
... heaven ; I may well be allowed to add , my loss is be- yond the power of words to paint . I have gone through deep waters : but all my afflictions were nothing compared to this . Well : I want no pleasant prospect , but upwards ; nor ...
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... heaven . And so it will do , if it be agreeable to Christian humility , seriousness , and charity . 5. Shall I be more particular still ? Then I exhort all those who desire me to watch over their souls , Wear no gold , ( whatever ...
... heaven . And so it will do , if it be agreeable to Christian humility , seriousness , and charity . 5. Shall I be more particular still ? Then I exhort all those who desire me to watch over their souls , Wear no gold , ( whatever ...
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... heaven for every work of faith , for every degree of the labour of love ! IV . 1. As to the advice subjoined , it is easy to observe , that all those smaller things are , in their degree , liable to the same objections as the greater ...
... heaven for every work of faith , for every degree of the labour of love ! IV . 1. As to the advice subjoined , it is easy to observe , that all those smaller things are , in their degree , liable to the same objections as the greater ...
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Page 225 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 237 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Page 191 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Page 129 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 179 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 309 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Page 311 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 219 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 276 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 347 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked, that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it, or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.