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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... sacred character they have dared to assume . 66 If Quintilian the heathen has laid it down as a general principle , that it is impossible to become a good orator without being a good man , surely no one will deny that piety should be ...
... sacred character they have dared to assume . 66 If Quintilian the heathen has laid it down as a general principle , that it is impossible to become a good orator without being a good man , surely no one will deny that piety should be ...
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... sacred ministry may not be in cir- cumstances , to declare with St. Paul , " I have lived in all good con- science before God unto this day : " yet all who aspire to that important office should , at least , be able to say with ...
... sacred ministry may not be in cir- cumstances , to declare with St. Paul , " I have lived in all good con- science before God unto this day : " yet all who aspire to that important office should , at least , be able to say with ...
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... sacred services . The true Christian , and , consequently , the true minister , is con- strained to cry out , with St. Paul , when he discovered the purity of Jehovah's law , and the greatness of his own guilt : " The law is spi- ritual ...
... sacred services . The true Christian , and , consequently , the true minister , is con- strained to cry out , with St. Paul , when he discovered the purity of Jehovah's law , and the greatness of his own guilt : " The law is spi- ritual ...
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... sacred character . May all the bene- dictions which thou hast commissioned them to pronounce , cause them still to be received " as angels of God , " Gal . iv , 14. Far from being despised as hypocrites , shunned as troublesome guests ...
... sacred character . May all the bene- dictions which thou hast commissioned them to pronounce , cause them still to be received " as angels of God , " Gal . iv , 14. Far from being despised as hypocrites , shunned as troublesome guests ...
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... sacred bread , since it is that which the piety of the public has set apart for the support of those who have abandoned every worldly pursuit , that they might dedicate themselves freely and fully to the service of the Church . TRAIT IX ...
... sacred bread , since it is that which the piety of the public has set apart for the support of those who have abandoned every worldly pursuit , that they might dedicate themselves freely and fully to the service of the Church . TRAIT IX ...
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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?