The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, Volume 9Printed at the Conference-Office ... by Thomas Cordeux, agent, 1811 - Methodism |
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Page 34
... seek a perfect con- formity to the will of God , and leave him to give us what comfort he sees good . I asked him , whether he had any advice to leave me , if he should be taken from me ? He replied , ' 1 have nothing particular to say ...
... seek a perfect con- formity to the will of God , and leave him to give us what comfort he sees good . I asked him , whether he had any advice to leave me , if he should be taken from me ? He replied , ' 1 have nothing particular to say ...
Page 37
... excellence will be for ever drawn . When I call to mind his ardent zeal , his laborious endeavours to seek and to save the lost , his diligence in the employment of his time , his D 3 ON THE DEATH OF MR . FLETCHER . 37.
... excellence will be for ever drawn . When I call to mind his ardent zeal , his laborious endeavours to seek and to save the lost , his diligence in the employment of his time , his D 3 ON THE DEATH OF MR . FLETCHER . 37.
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... seek to commend ourselves to men , and not to God : for this cherisheth all those passions and tempers , which overthrow the quiet of every soul wherein they dwell . 3. Let them " adorn themselves , " saith St. Paul , " not with curling ...
... seek to commend ourselves to men , and not to God : for this cherisheth all those passions and tempers , which overthrow the quiet of every soul wherein they dwell . 3. Let them " adorn themselves , " saith St. Paul , " not with curling ...
Page 50
... seek the kingdom of heaven . 4 , And how will those tradesmen themselves live ? They will live like men , by honest labour , most of whom , before , lived like swine , wallowing in all gluttony and sensuality . But , 5 , This is all ...
... seek the kingdom of heaven . 4 , And how will those tradesmen themselves live ? They will live like men , by honest labour , most of whom , before , lived like swine , wallowing in all gluttony and sensuality . But , 5 , This is all ...
Page 60
... seek the spiritual good of the person beloved , by every possible means . For that love which seeks only their temporal welfare , deserves no better name than carnal love . But surely those who love each other because God bids them ...
... seek the spiritual good of the person beloved , by every possible means . For that love which seeks only their temporal welfare , deserves no better name than carnal love . But surely those who love each other because God bids them ...
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Page 225 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 237 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Page 191 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Page 129 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 179 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 309 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Page 311 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 219 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 276 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 347 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked, that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it, or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.