The Christian Library: The life of the Rev. John WesleyThomas George, Jr., 1826 |
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... grace and courage to turn the war against the world and the devil ; he bids them defy reproach , and animates them in God's name to go on in the path to which their Saviour had directed them . At the same time , he advises them to ...
... grace and courage to turn the war against the world and the devil ; he bids them defy reproach , and animates them in God's name to go on in the path to which their Saviour had directed them . At the same time , he advises them to ...
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... grace of God perfected in him to the close of his long and active life . His brother Charles was also made partaker of the same grace . They had passed together through the briers and thorns , through the perplexities and shadows of the ...
... grace of God perfected in him to the close of his long and active life . His brother Charles was also made partaker of the same grace . They had passed together through the briers and thorns , through the perplexities and shadows of the ...
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... grace , which had now continued above ten years , I had many remarkable returns to prayer , especially when I was in trouble : I had many sensible comforts , which are indeed no other than short anticipations of the life of faith . But ...
... grace , which had now continued above ten years , I had many remarkable returns to prayer , especially when I was in trouble : I had many sensible comforts , which are indeed no other than short anticipations of the life of faith . But ...
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... grace of God , " in as many of her pulpits as is nothing in us ? There is no connection between he should be permitted to occupy . This was the common . God and the ungodly . There is no tie to unite them . They are altogether separate ...
... grace of God , " in as many of her pulpits as is nothing in us ? There is no connection between he should be permitted to occupy . This was the common . God and the ungodly . There is no tie to unite them . They are altogether separate ...
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... grace of God alone through faith ; and they roused the dozing adherents of mere forms , by teaching that true religion implies a change of the whole heart wrought by the Holy Ghost . With equal zeal and earnestness , they checked the ...
... grace of God alone through faith ; and they roused the dozing adherents of mere forms , by teaching that true religion implies a change of the whole heart wrought by the Holy Ghost . With equal zeal and earnestness , they checked the ...
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Common terms and phrases
admirable affection affliction Antinomian appear attention believe blessing brother called Calvinistic chapel character Charles Wesley Christ Christian church church of England circumstances comfort congregation Cowper dear death delight desire divine doctrine Eartham excellent faith father feel give glory gospel grace happy Harwich heart heaven holy Holy Spirit Homer honor hope Hordle Hoxton hymns influence Jesus John Wesley labors Lady letter live Liverpool Lord Luther manner means melancholy Melancthon ment mercy Metho Methodists mind minister ministry morning nature ness never Newton occasion Olney peace persons piety pleased pleasure poems poet pray prayer preached preachers present racter received religion religious remarks respect salvation Samuel Wesley Scrip Scripture seemed sermon sincere societies soul Spencer spirit thee thing THOMAS SPENCER thou thought tion truth unto Unwin views Wesley's whilst wish word write
Popular passages
Page 51 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 272 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 26 - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Page 179 - Thy indistinct expressions seem Like language utter'd in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet, gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary...
Page 263 - Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
Page 87 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 262 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 191 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — " My Father made them all 1
Page 45 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 247 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...