The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of Madeley |
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... frequent convictions which God was pleased to work in my heart . Instead of going straight to Christ , I have wasted my time in fighting against sin by the dim light of my reason , and the mere use of the means of grace ; as if the ...
... frequent convictions which God was pleased to work in my heart . Instead of going straight to Christ , I have wasted my time in fighting against sin by the dim light of my reason , and the mere use of the means of grace ; as if the ...
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... frequently it disappears , and never shows itself but to allure you to the brink of some unlooked - for precipice ... frequent and various as my projects . In the midst of my idle reveries , how often have I said to myself , ' Drag thy ...
... frequently it disappears , and never shows itself but to allure you to the brink of some unlooked - for precipice ... frequent and various as my projects . In the midst of my idle reveries , how often have I said to myself , ' Drag thy ...
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... way , but with more than ordinary exactness : thou art a strict attendant at church : thou art accus- tomed to pray more regularly than others , and frequently with a good degree of fervour . Make thyself perfectly 32 THE LIFE OF.
... way , but with more than ordinary exactness : thou art a strict attendant at church : thou art accus- tomed to pray more regularly than others , and frequently with a good degree of fervour . Make thyself perfectly 32 THE LIFE OF.
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... frequently observed him , one Sunday desired leave to walk with him , which he The account which he constantly did from that time . 36 THE LIFE OF CHAP II -FROM HIS CONVERSION, то HIS TAKING ORDERS, AND ENTERING UPON THE WORK OF MINISTRY.
... frequently observed him , one Sunday desired leave to walk with him , which he The account which he constantly did from that time . 36 THE LIFE OF CHAP II -FROM HIS CONVERSION, то HIS TAKING ORDERS, AND ENTERING UPON THE WORK OF MINISTRY.
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... frequently either kneeled down , or prostrated ourselves upon the ground . At those happy seasons I was a witness of such pleadings and wrestlings with God , such exercises of faith and love , as I have not known in any one ever since ...
... frequently either kneeled down , or prostrated ourselves upon the ground . At those happy seasons I was a witness of such pleadings and wrestlings with God , such exercises of faith and love , as I have not known in any one ever since ...
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