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Esteem for the Puritan emphasis on the reality of sin in believers and the necessity of repentance was in a large measure the result of Wesley's own conflict in the early 1740's with the Moravians in England .
Esteem for the Puritan emphasis on the reality of sin in believers and the necessity of repentance was in a large measure the result of Wesley's own conflict in the early 1740's with the Moravians in England .
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Self - examination leads naturally to the necessity of self - denial or the denial of the selfish interests and motivations which lie at the base of the sins discovered through the process of examination . For Wesley selfdenial was a ...
Self - examination leads naturally to the necessity of self - denial or the denial of the selfish interests and motivations which lie at the base of the sins discovered through the process of examination . For Wesley selfdenial was a ...
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Arising from their conviction of the necessity of sanctification , such an emphasis is only natural , for they were convinced that a person does not stand still in his faith but that it must always increase .
Arising from their conviction of the necessity of sanctification , such an emphasis is only natural , for they were convinced that a person does not stand still in his faith but that it must always increase .
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Contents
Abbreviations | 11 |
Puritan Authors in Wesleys Publications | 31 |
Wesleys Abridgment of Puritan Literature | 47 |
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| Title | John Wesley; His Puritan Heritage: A Study of the Christian Life |
| Author | Robert C. Monk |
| Publisher | Abingdon Press, 1966 |
| Length | 286 pages |
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