The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M.T. Mason, 1840 - Methodist Church |
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... least with certainty ; as we have nothing but probable con- ' ecture , either concerning their nature or their use . We know not whether ( as some ingenious men have imagined ) they are ruined worlds , -worlds that have undergone a ...
... least with certainty ; as we have nothing but probable con- ' ecture , either concerning their nature or their use . We know not whether ( as some ingenious men have imagined ) they are ruined worlds , -worlds that have undergone a ...
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... least one degree above the inhabitants of the waters . Almost all these too devour one another , and every other creature which they can conquer . Indeed such is the miserably disordered state of the world at present , that innumerable ...
... least one degree above the inhabitants of the waters . Almost all these too devour one another , and every other creature which they can conquer . Indeed such is the miserably disordered state of the world at present , that innumerable ...
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... least degree , over the others . 2. Such was man , with regard to his corporeal part , as he came out of the hands of his Maker . But since he sinned , he is not only dust , but mortal , corruptible dust . And by sad experience we find ...
... least degree , over the others . 2. Such was man , with regard to his corporeal part , as he came out of the hands of his Maker . But since he sinned , he is not only dust , but mortal , corruptible dust . And by sad experience we find ...
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... least , ) have been fixed , by a middling computation , at three score years and ten . How few are there that attain to four score years ? Perhaps hardly one in five hundred . So little does the art of man avail against the appointment ...
... least , ) have been fixed , by a middling computation , at three score years and ten . How few are there that attain to four score years ? Perhaps hardly one in five hundred . So little does the art of man avail against the appointment ...
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... least published on this subject ; nay , that it has been so little weigh- ed or understood by the generality of Christians ; especially consider- ing , that it is not a matter of mere curiosity , but a truth of the deep est importance ...
... least published on this subject ; nay , that it has been so little weigh- ed or understood by the generality of Christians ; especially consider- ing , that it is not a matter of mere curiosity , but a truth of the deep est importance ...
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Page 205 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Page 416 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Page 518 - 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.
Page 227 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 91 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Page 418 - But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Page 507 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die...
Page 38 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 171 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 281 - And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, " Let us go again and visit our brethren, in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.