The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher, Volume 3B. Waugh and T. Mason, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1833 - Methodist Church |
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... Matt . viii , 11 , 12 . TRAIT II . His Christian piety . It has been made sufficiently plain , under the preceding article , that St. Paul was possessed of a good degree of piety from his very infancy . Having been brought up in the ...
... Matt . viii , 11 , 12 . TRAIT II . His Christian piety . It has been made sufficiently plain , under the preceding article , that St. Paul was possessed of a good degree of piety from his very infancy . Having been brought up in the ...
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... Matt . v , 3. And instead of devoutly offering up to God the prayers of an assembled congregation , he will constantly begin the sacred office by an act of hypocrisy , in saying , " Almighty Father , we have erred and strayed from thy ...
... Matt . v , 3. And instead of devoutly offering up to God the prayers of an assembled congregation , he will constantly begin the sacred office by an act of hypocrisy , in saying , " Almighty Father , we have erred and strayed from thy ...
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... Matt . ix , 37 , 38. Retaining in memory these remarkable words of our Lord , the conscientious man is incapable of thrusting him- self into the holy ministry , without being first duly called thereto by the Lord of the harvest , the ...
... Matt . ix , 37 , 38. Retaining in memory these remarkable words of our Lord , the conscientious man is incapable of thrusting him- self into the holy ministry , without being first duly called thereto by the Lord of the harvest , the ...
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... will come after me , let him deny himself , take up his cross , and follow me , " Matt , xvi , 24 . " No man 22 having put his hand to the plough , and looking THE PORTRAIT OF ST . PAUL . 23 His entire devotion to Jesus Christ,
... will come after me , let him deny himself , take up his cross , and follow me , " Matt , xvi , 24 . " No man 22 having put his hand to the plough , and looking THE PORTRAIT OF ST . PAUL . 23 His entire devotion to Jesus Christ,
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... Matt . x , 37-39 . If there be found any pastor who cannot adopt the solemn appeal of the first ministers of Christ , " Lo , we have left all , and followed thee , " Luke xviii , 28 , that man is in no situation to copy the example of ...
... Matt . x , 37-39 . If there be found any pastor who cannot adopt the solemn appeal of the first ministers of Christ , " Lo , we have left all , and followed thee , " Luke xviii , 28 , that man is in no situation to copy the example of ...
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Page 462 - And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying ; neither shall there be any more pain : for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said. Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write : for these words are true and faithful.
Page 172 - Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent...
Page 112 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 149 - In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Page 31 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 38 - Now I beseech you, brethren-, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 77 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 116 - THE condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God, by Christ, preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 453 - And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was : and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Page 142 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?