The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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Page 45
... THANK you for your encouraging observations . I want them , and use them by the grace of God . When I received yours , I had not had one opportunity of preaching ; so incensed were all the Clergy against me . One , however , let me have ...
... THANK you for your encouraging observations . I want them , and use them by the grace of God . When I received yours , I had not had one opportunity of preaching ; so incensed were all the Clergy against me . One , however , let me have ...
Page 53
... thank you for the sentence from Kempis , with which you close your letter , by returning to you another : - ' You run no risk in con- sidering yourself as the wickedest of men ; but you are in danger , if you prefer yourself to any one ...
... thank you for the sentence from Kempis , with which you close your letter , by returning to you another : - ' You run no risk in con- sidering yourself as the wickedest of men ; but you are in danger , if you prefer yourself to any one ...
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... thank God that I trouble myself with no tem- poral things : my only fear is that of having too much rather than too little of the things necessary for life . I am weary of abundance . I could wish to be poor with my Saviour ; and those ...
... thank God that I trouble myself with no tem- poral things : my only fear is that of having too much rather than too little of the things necessary for life . I am weary of abundance . I could wish to be poor with my Saviour ; and those ...
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... thanking the Countess , I told her when I had reflected upon her obliging offer , I would do myself the honour of waiting upon her again . " Nevertheless two difficulties stand in my way . Will c 5 THE REV . JOHN FLETCHER . 57 24.
... thanking the Countess , I told her when I had reflected upon her obliging offer , I would do myself the honour of waiting upon her again . " Nevertheless two difficulties stand in my way . Will c 5 THE REV . JOHN FLETCHER . 57 24.
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... thanks to Lady Margaret and Mr. Ingham , and acquaint them with the necessity which these circumstances lay me under to follow the leadings of Providence . " " This " ( adds he , in a letter to Mr. Charles Wesley ) " is agreeable to the ...
... thanks to Lady Margaret and Mr. Ingham , and acquaint them with the necessity which these circumstances lay me under to follow the leadings of Providence . " " This " ( adds he , in a letter to Mr. Charles Wesley ) " is agreeable to the ...
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