The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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... Spirit enter into him , and fill him with wisdom , with power , and with love ! Pray for me , and support my weakness , as much as you can . I am here , umbra pro corpore ; I preach as your substitute : come and fill worthily an office ...
... Spirit enter into him , and fill him with wisdom , with power , and with love ! Pray for me , and support my weakness , as much as you can . I am here , umbra pro corpore ; I preach as your substitute : come and fill worthily an office ...
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... spirit of contrition and self- abasement . But I must here observe , that this spirit , however commendable in the general , and however essential to true Christianity , yet , being carried to ex- cess in his particular case , became ...
... spirit of contrition and self- abasement . But I must here observe , that this spirit , however commendable in the general , and however essential to true Christianity , yet , being carried to ex- cess in his particular case , became ...
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... spirit which I so greatly need . " A few days ago , the Lord gave me two or three lessons on the subject of poverty of spirit ; but , alas ! how have I forgotten them ! I saw , I felt , that I was entirely void of wisdom and virtue . I ...
... spirit which I so greatly need . " A few days ago , the Lord gave me two or three lessons on the subject of poverty of spirit ; but , alas ! how have I forgotten them ! I saw , I felt , that I was entirely void of wisdom and virtue . I ...
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... spirit which I seek ? Can I accept an office for which I have such small talents ? And shall I not dishonour the cause of God , by stammering out the mysteries of the Gospel , in a place where the most approved Ministers of the Lord ...
... spirit which I seek ? Can I accept an office for which I have such small talents ? And shall I not dishonour the cause of God , by stammering out the mysteries of the Gospel , in a place where the most approved Ministers of the Lord ...
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... spirit of earnest supplication , so he seldom quitted them without some degree of consolatory hope . 66 7. There is still another part of his duty , in the discharge of which he discovered unusual earnestness and activity . THE REV ...
... spirit of earnest supplication , so he seldom quitted them without some degree of consolatory hope . 66 7. There is still another part of his duty , in the discharge of which he discovered unusual earnestness and activity . THE REV ...
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