 Such a society is no other than " a company of men having the form and seeking the power of godliness, united in order to pray together, to receive the word of exhortation, and to watch over one another in love, that they may help each other to work out...  The Life of Wesley: And Rise and Progress of Methodism - Page 362by Robert Southey, Alexander Knox, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1846Full view - About this book
 | William Winterbotham - America - 1796 - 644 pages
...godlinels, united in order to pray together, to receive the word of exhortation, and to watch ovci one another in love, that they may help -each other to work r.ut their falvation." Each fociety is diyi'kJ into thfles of iv.-dvc perfons; one of whom is ftiled... | |
 | Methodist episcopal church - 1798 - 192 pages
...fecking the power of ' godlinefs, united in order to fray together , to recniii the word of exhortanon, and to watch over one another in love, that they may help each other to work out thcir falvatton." 3. That it may the more eaiily be difcerned, whether they are indeed working out... | |
 | William Winterbotham - America - 1799 - 616 pages
...They profefs themfelves to be " A company of men, having the form and feeking the power of godlinefs, united in order to pray together, to receive the word...love, that they may help each other to work out their falvation." Each fociety is divided into clafles of twelve perfons ; one of whom is ftiled the Leader,... | |
 | Hannah Adams - Religion - 1801 - 514 pages
...They profefs themfelves to be " a company of men, having the form and feeking the power of godlinefs, united in order to pray together, to receive the word...; that they may help each other to work out their falvation."| From the minutes of the Methodid Epifcopal Church for the year 1 800, it appears, that... | |
 | Hannah Adams - Religions - 1805 - 558 pages
...themselves, " The United_ Societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church." They profess themselves to be " a company of men having the form, and seeking the...love; that they may help each other to work out their salvation."j| From the minutes of the Methodist episcopal church for the year 1800, it appears that... | |
 | Hannah Adams - Religions - 1805 - 514 pages
...themselves, " The United Societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church." They profess themselves to be " a company of men having the form, and seeking the...watch over one another in love; that they may help eacb other to .work out their salvation/'l) From the minutes of the Methodist episcopal church for... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christianity - 1807 - 508 pages
...They state the nature and design of a Methodist society in the following words : " Such a society is no other " than a company of men having " the form...may help each other " to work out their salvation." " That it may the more easily be discerned whether they are indeed working out their own salvation,... | |
 | George Bourne - Funeral sermons - 1807 - 366 pages
...general rides of the United Societies, in London, Bristol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Kc. " Such a society is no other than, " A company of men, having the form,...love, that they may help each other to work out their sal-, vation. " That it may the more easily be discerned, whether they are indeed working out their... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1810 - 432 pages
...This was the rise of the United Society, first in London and then in other places. Such a society is no other than, " A company of men, having the form,...may help each other to work out their salvation." 3. That it may the more easily be discerned, whether they are indeed working out their own salvation,... | |
 | Jesse Lee - 1810 - 388 pages
...persons, having the form, and seeking the power of godliness ; united in order to pray togetheiyto receive the word of exhortation, and to watch over...another in love, that they may help each other to workout their salvation." All the members of these societies were at liberty to commune in any church,... | |
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