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... Wesley in his Minutes guards the foundation of the gospel by the two clauses , where he mentions the exclusion of the " merit of works " in point of salvation , and " believing in Christ . " The two clauses I present in one point of ...
... Wesley in his Minutes guards the foundation of the gospel by the two clauses , where he mentions the exclusion of the " merit of works " in point of salvation , and " believing in Christ . " The two clauses I present in one point of ...
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... Wesley . I did not think you would have followed him in these ungenerous artifices , which must unavoidably sink the ... Wesley's Works ? Are we not treated with remarkable kindness , in comparison of the merciful God whom we serve ...
... Wesley . I did not think you would have followed him in these ungenerous artifices , which must unavoidably sink the ... Wesley's Works ? Are we not treated with remarkable kindness , in comparison of the merciful God whom we serve ...
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... Wesley does , ] that we shall not work FOR life ONLY , without aiming at working FROM life ALSO . For it is not tolerable charity to suppose , that one would deli- berately say , that salvation is not the end of any good work we do , or ...
... Wesley does , ] that we shall not work FOR life ONLY , without aiming at working FROM life ALSO . For it is not tolerable charity to suppose , that one would deli- berately say , that salvation is not the end of any good work we do , or ...
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... Wesley , nor any of his preachers , ( Mr. Olivers excepted , ) holds a second justi- fication by works , he intended to exclude good works in an evidential sense . " Indeed , Sir , I did suppose it ; nor can I to this moment conceive ...
... Wesley , nor any of his preachers , ( Mr. Olivers excepted , ) holds a second justi- fication by works , he intended to exclude good works in an evidential sense . " Indeed , Sir , I did suppose it ; nor can I to this moment conceive ...
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... Wesley's doctrine , with respect to man's faithfulness in good works , is true ; and that , if a man ( Judas for instance ) is not faithful in the unrighteous mammon , God will not give him the true riches ' of glory . Though he should ...
... Wesley's doctrine , with respect to man's faithfulness in good works , is true ; and that , if a man ( Judas for instance ) is not faithful in the unrighteous mammon , God will not give him the true riches ' of glory . Though he should ...
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Page 487 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 421 - And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren ! 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Page 427 - O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 125 - Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father : and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Page 135 - The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and with, the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Page 145 - I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Page 456 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 591 - Almighty and everliving God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these Thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins ; strengthen them, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace...
Page 552 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit, unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 484 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is. in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.