The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; in which are Included, the Life of His Brother, the Rev. Charles Wesley, A.M., Student of Christ Church, and Memoirs of Their Family: Comprehending an Accout of the Great Revival of Religion, in which They Were the First and Chief Instruments, Volume 2 |
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... increased . But as in the beginning of Christianity , so it was now : This sect was every where spoken against . But its enemies were not content with this . In the year 1740 , several rioters , who had long disturbed the meetings in ...
... increased . But as in the beginning of Christianity , so it was now : This sect was every where spoken against . But its enemies were not content with this . In the year 1740 , several rioters , who had long disturbed the meetings in ...
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... increased to between three and four hundred , and upon the whole enjoyed much peace . But in the Summer following , there was an entire change . Mr. Egginton , the minister of Wednesbury , with several neighbouring Justices of the peace ...
... increased to between three and four hundred , and upon the whole enjoyed much peace . But in the Summer following , there was an entire change . Mr. Egginton , the minister of Wednesbury , with several neighbouring Justices of the peace ...
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... increasing , he was bled . His arm festered , mortified , and was cut off : two or three days after which , God signed his discharge , and called him up to his eternal home . While Mr. Wesley thus , like his Divine Master , endured the ...
... increasing , he was bled . His arm festered , mortified , and was cut off : two or three days after which , God signed his discharge , and called him up to his eternal home . While Mr. Wesley thus , like his Divine Master , endured the ...
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... testimony before a crowded audience , much increased by the races . Never have I seen a more attentive congregation : They did not suffer a word to preached to them twice before , since the time he THE REV . JOHN WESLEY . 31.
... testimony before a crowded audience , much increased by the races . Never have I seen a more attentive congregation : They did not suffer a word to preached to them twice before , since the time he THE REV . JOHN WESLEY . 31.
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... increased to upwards of two hundred , and the hearers are frequently more than a thousand ; although many say I am mad , and others have endeavoured to incense the Field - marshal against us . I have been sent for , and exa- mined ...
... increased to upwards of two hundred , and the hearers are frequently more than a thousand ; although many say I am mad , and others have endeavoured to incense the Field - marshal against us . I have been sent for , and exa- mined ...
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Page 88 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 111 - But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Page 489 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 184 - ... (I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction!) Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 367 - The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."* Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down.
Page 58 - For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 17 - Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.
Page 525 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 61 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand : by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Page 460 - Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in holy Scripture : and in our doings, that will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God.