Remarks on Methodism, by a minister of the Church of England [- Wills.].1813 |
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... language of this inspired writer being the minister of Christ , he could inculcate only the word of Christ , as necessary to salvation . What- ever is contained in his epistles must be construed therefore agreeably to the purport and ...
... language of this inspired writer being the minister of Christ , he could inculcate only the word of Christ , as necessary to salvation . What- ever is contained in his epistles must be construed therefore agreeably to the purport and ...
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... language will permit ; ( and how inadequate is it to so great a work ! ) surely in this case , with humble reverence , and conscious ignorance , we should modestly receive the clear enunciations of our heavenly teacher , acknowledge ...
... language will permit ; ( and how inadequate is it to so great a work ! ) surely in this case , with humble reverence , and conscious ignorance , we should modestly receive the clear enunciations of our heavenly teacher , acknowledge ...
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... language . " If you say , how shall the soul know when it is the spirit's work , and not man's ? " The answer is direct . " The very state of the soul will readily distinguish the Lord's absence from his pre- sence . " When the spirit ...
... language . " If you say , how shall the soul know when it is the spirit's work , and not man's ? " The answer is direct . " The very state of the soul will readily distinguish the Lord's absence from his pre- sence . " When the spirit ...
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... the degree of attachment . When once a truly regenerate soul can echo to the language of the church , and say , " I am my * 1 Cor . xii . 26 , 27 . beloved , and my beloved is mine , when the CHAP . II . ] 37 Methodism , & c .
... the degree of attachment . When once a truly regenerate soul can echo to the language of the church , and say , " I am my * 1 Cor . xii . 26 , 27 . beloved , and my beloved is mine , when the CHAP . II . ] 37 Methodism , & c .
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... language , to which a much harsher name might justly be applied , is exceeded , if possible , by the following marvel- lous account of a doctrinal point alluded to before . " Neither are these all the effects of this soul - refreshing ...
... language , to which a much harsher name might justly be applied , is exceeded , if possible , by the following marvel- lous account of a doctrinal point alluded to before . " Neither are these all the effects of this soul - refreshing ...
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Page 238 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Page 9 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 120 - YE who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of GOD, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways ; draw near with faith, and take this holy sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to ALMIGHTY GOD, devoutly kneeling.
Page 144 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation
Page 43 - Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration, or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church ; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be. the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God.
Page 103 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 108 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 42 - BAPTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration, or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church ; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be.
Page 133 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
Page 133 - God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.