The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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... pray to God , that every reader may obtain similar , and even greater benefit from it , and be induced to follow him as fully as he followed Christ . London , October 25 , 1804 . JOSEPH BENSON . PREFACE ΤΟ THE SECOND EDITION . THE ...
... pray to God , that every reader may obtain similar , and even greater benefit from it , and be induced to follow him as fully as he followed Christ . London , October 25 , 1804 . JOSEPH BENSON . PREFACE ΤΟ THE SECOND EDITION . THE ...
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... pray what is that ? ' She replied , ' Why , the Methodists are a people that do nothing but pray they are praying all day and all night . ' Are they ? ' said he ; then , by the help of God , I will find them out , if they be above ...
... pray what is that ? ' She replied , ' Why , the Methodists are a people that do nothing but pray they are praying all day and all night . ' Are they ? ' said he ; then , by the help of God , I will find them out , if they be above ...
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... prayer , but this thought came into my mind , —This may be the happy hour when thou wilt prevail with God : ' but ... prayers . When overcome with heaviness , I went to bed , beseeching God to spare me till next day , that I might renew ...
... prayer , but this thought came into my mind , —This may be the happy hour when thou wilt prevail with God : ' but ... prayers . When overcome with heaviness , I went to bed , beseeching God to spare me till next day , that I might renew ...
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... prayed it over many times , sometimes with heaviness enough , at others with some devotion , intending to repeat it at the table . I then went to bed , commending myself to God with rather more hope and peace than I had felt for some ...
... prayed it over many times , sometimes with heaviness enough , at others with some devotion , intending to repeat it at the table . I then went to bed , commending myself to God with rather more hope and peace than I had felt for some ...
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... 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.
... 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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