The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, Volume 12Printed at the Conference-Office ... by Thomas Cordeux, agent, 1812 - Methodism |
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... sure . For your " inward parts are very wickedness . " You love " the creature more than the Creator . " You are " a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God . " A lover of God ! You do not love God at all , no more than you love a ...
... sure . For your " inward parts are very wickedness . " You love " the creature more than the Creator . " You are " a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God . " A lover of God ! You do not love God at all , no more than you love a ...
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... sure trust and confidence to be saved from everlasting damnation through Christ . " Or , ( as it is expressed a little after , ) " A sure trust and confidence which a man hath in God , that by the merits of Christ his sins are forgiven ...
... sure trust and confidence to be saved from everlasting damnation through Christ . " Or , ( as it is expressed a little after , ) " A sure trust and confidence which a man hath in God , that by the merits of Christ his sins are forgiven ...
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... sure trust and confidence in God that , through the merits of Christ , my sins are forgiven , and I reconciled to the favour of God . " ) And we appeal to all mankind , Do we destroy this faith , which is the life and soul of the Church ...
... sure trust and confidence in God that , through the merits of Christ , my sins are forgiven , and I reconciled to the favour of God . " ) And we appeal to all mankind , Do we destroy this faith , which is the life and soul of the Church ...
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... sure of grace which we have received . But these , I cannot as yet , term good works ; because they do not spring from faith and the love of God . 3. By salvation I mean , not barely , according to the vulgar notion , deliverance from ...
... sure of grace which we have received . But these , I cannot as yet , term good works ; because they do not spring from faith and the love of God . 3. By salvation I mean , not barely , according to the vulgar notion , deliverance from ...
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... sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins , that he loved me and gave himself for me . And the moment a penitent sinner believes this , God pardons and absolves him . 1 And as soon as his pardon or justification is ...
... sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins , that he loved me and gave himself for me . And the moment a penitent sinner believes this , God pardons and absolves him . 1 And as soon as his pardon or justification is ...
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Page 276 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 87 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 16 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Page 129 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 102 - And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 192 - Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Page 88 - And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me: of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Page 85 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 194 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, Which men deliver to one that is learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee: And he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee : And he saith, I am not learned.
Page 78 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.