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... preached in 1739 , he said : " This is the blasphemy clearly contained in the horrible decree of predestination . You represent God as worse than the Devil ; more false , more cruel , more unjust . But you say you will prove it by ...
... preached in 1739 , he said : " This is the blasphemy clearly contained in the horrible decree of predestination . You represent God as worse than the Devil ; more false , more cruel , more unjust . But you say you will prove it by ...
Page 204
... preached at the Lock is shown by a remark he once made , " smiling , " to Richard Cecil . " I hope , " he said , " I am upon the whole a Scriptural preacher ; for I find I am considered as an Arminian among the high Calvinists , and as ...
... preached at the Lock is shown by a remark he once made , " smiling , " to Richard Cecil . " I hope , " he said , " I am upon the whole a Scriptural preacher ; for I find I am considered as an Arminian among the high Calvinists , and as ...
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... preached people mad . " Possibly he did . The population of Olney was very primitive , and he was newly ablaze with religious fervour . He was less mature than he afterwards became . Yet it is scandal- ously untrue to suggest that he ...
... preached people mad . " Possibly he did . The population of Olney was very primitive , and he was newly ablaze with religious fervour . He was less mature than he afterwards became . Yet it is scandal- ously untrue to suggest that he ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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