The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published: with a Select Collection of Letters... Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed; Prepared by Himself for the Press; to which is Prefixed, an Account of His Life, Compiled from His Original Papers and Letters |
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( let not your Lordship be angry , for indeed I will endeavour to speak with all
gentleness and humility ) : your Lordship ' s words are these : “ Nor need they any
other evi . dence besides those good dispositions they find in their hearts , that
the ...
( let not your Lordship be angry , for indeed I will endeavour to speak with all
gentleness and humility ) : your Lordship ' s words are these : “ Nor need they any
other evi . dence besides those good dispositions they find in their hearts , that
the ...
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For St . Peter writes , “ That to us are given exceeding great and precious
promises , that by these we might be partakers of the divine nature . ” . · And our
church says , “ If we receive the facrament worthily , we are one with CHRIST ,
and ...
For St . Peter writes , “ That to us are given exceeding great and precious
promises , that by these we might be partakers of the divine nature . ” . · And our
church says , “ If we receive the facrament worthily , we are one with CHRIST ,
and ...
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For I never did pretend to these extraordinary operations of working miracles , or
speaking with tongues , in teftimony that my mission and doctrine were from God ;
I only lay claim to the ordinary gifts and infuences of the Spirit , which your ...
For I never did pretend to these extraordinary operations of working miracles , or
speaking with tongues , in teftimony that my mission and doctrine were from God ;
I only lay claim to the ordinary gifts and infuences of the Spirit , which your ...
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But , says the Doctor , “ These men have no proof to offer for their inward
manifestations . " What proof , my Lord , does the Doctor require ? Would he have
us raise dead bodies ? Have we not done greater things than these ? I speak
with all ...
But , says the Doctor , “ These men have no proof to offer for their inward
manifestations . " What proof , my Lord , does the Doctor require ? Would he have
us raise dead bodies ? Have we not done greater things than these ? I speak
with all ...
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Be pitifol , be courteous , be tender - hearted ; and let it be said of you as of the
primitive saints , See how these christians love one another . Fulfil all
righteousness , by constantly attending on every ordinance of God . Use , but not
abuse the ...
Be pitifol , be courteous , be tender - hearted ; and let it be said of you as of the
primitive saints , See how these christians love one another . Fulfil all
righteousness , by constantly attending on every ordinance of God . Use , but not
abuse the ...
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Page 148 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 328 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 422 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 328 - And they said one to another: Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Page 173 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things...
Page 407 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand And there confess my sin.
Page 37 - And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel...
Page 176 - He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
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Page 406 - We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us ; the burden of them is intolerable.
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| Title | The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published: with a Select Collection of Letters... Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed; Prepared by Himself for the Press; to which is Prefixed, an ... Volume 4 of The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A...: Containing All His Sermons and Tracts which Have Been Already Published: with a Select Collection of Letters... Also, Some Other Pieces on Important Subjects, Never Before Printed; Prepared by Himself for the Press; to which is Prefixed, an Account of His Life, Compiled from His Orignial Papers and Letters, George Whitefield |
| Author | George Whitefield |
| Publisher | Edward and Charles Dilly, 1771 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2006 |
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