The Christian Library: The life of the Rev. John WesleyThomas George, Jr., 1826 |
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... live not ; but Christ liveth in me ; and the life which I now live , I live by faith in the Son of God , who loved me , and gave himself for me . ' I want that faith which none has , without knowing that he hath it ; ( though many ...
... live not ; but Christ liveth in me ; and the life which I now live , I live by faith in the Son of God , who loved me , and gave himself for me . ' I want that faith which none has , without knowing that he hath it ; ( though many ...
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... live ; papists , heretics , traitors ; conspirators against their king and country . " And how did they watch over the sinners lately reformed ? Even as a leopard watcheth over his prey . They drove some of them from the Lord's table ...
... live ; papists , heretics , traitors ; conspirators against their king and country . " And how did they watch over the sinners lately reformed ? Even as a leopard watcheth over his prey . They drove some of them from the Lord's table ...
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... live , for fear of consequences which may possibly , or probably , happen after we are dead . " To this principle Mr ... lives . When he found that as many as had been affected by the preaching were evidendy reformed , and brought ...
... live , for fear of consequences which may possibly , or probably , happen after we are dead . " To this principle Mr ... lives . When he found that as many as had been affected by the preaching were evidendy reformed , and brought ...
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... lives were lost , and many shortened ; the most singular escapes are on record ; and if the tragedy was not ... live unto the Lord , " and that when they died " they should die to him ; " and that so " Christ might be magnified ...
... lives were lost , and many shortened ; the most singular escapes are on record ; and if the tragedy was not ... live unto the Lord , " and that when they died " they should die to him ; " and that so " Christ might be magnified ...
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... lives were eminently holy ? And whether there ap- peared any fruit of their labor ? I found upon the whole , 1. That ... live and die such ; when the protestants can find no better ways to convert them than penal laws and acts of ...
... lives were eminently holy ? And whether there ap- peared any fruit of their labor ? I found upon the whole , 1. That ... live and die such ; when the protestants can find no better ways to convert them than penal laws and acts of ...
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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...