The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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Page 54
... letter seem to deserve a place here , as they manifest still further the lowly state of his mind , and his views of some important branches of experimental religion in this early stage of his Christian course : - " YOUR silence began to ...
... letter seem to deserve a place here , as they manifest still further the lowly state of his mind , and his views of some important branches of experimental religion in this early stage of his Christian course : - " YOUR silence began to ...
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... letter to two pious women : - " MY DEAR SISTERS , " I HAVE put off writing to you , lest the action of writing should divert my soul from the awful and delightful worship it is engaged in . But I now conclude I shall be no loser if I ...
... letter to two pious women : - " MY DEAR SISTERS , " I HAVE put off writing to you , lest the action of writing should divert my soul from the awful and delightful worship it is engaged in . But I now conclude I shall be no loser if I ...
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... letter last quoted , is not certain : it seems most probable , however , that he was at Tern . And if his friend Mr ... letters to Mr. Charles Wesley , the Countess of Huntingdon had proposed to him to celebrate the Com- munion at her ...
... letter last quoted , is not certain : it seems most probable , however , that he was at Tern . And if his friend Mr ... letters to Mr. Charles Wesley , the Countess of Huntingdon had proposed to him to celebrate the Com- munion at her ...
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... letter to Mr. Charles Wesley ) " is agreeable to the advice you have so repeatedly given me , not to resist Providence , but to follow its leadings . I am , however , inwardly in suspense : my heart revolts at the idea of being here ...
... letter to Mr. Charles Wesley ) " is agreeable to the advice you have so repeatedly given me , not to resist Providence , but to follow its leadings . I am , however , inwardly in suspense : my heart revolts at the idea of being here ...
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... letter to Mr. Charles Wesley , dated March 10 , 1761 , he says , " As I read your elegy ( on Dr. M- -n ) I could not refrain my tears ; tears so much the more sweet , as they originated in a secret hope , that I should one day strip off ...
... letter to Mr. Charles Wesley , dated March 10 , 1761 , he says , " As I read your elegy ( on Dr. M- -n ) I could not refrain my tears ; tears so much the more sweet , as they originated in a secret hope , that I should one day strip off ...
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