Containing a plain account of Christian perfection, the appeals to men of reason and religion, principles of the Methodists, &cD. & S. Neall and W.S. Stockton, 1827 - Methodism |
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... kind . To these I would nakedly de- clare the thing as it is , endeavouring all along to show , from one period to another , both what I thought , and why I thought so . 2. In the year 1725 , being in the 23d year of my age , I met with ...
... kind . To these I would nakedly de- clare the thing as it is , endeavouring all along to show , from one period to another , both what I thought , and why I thought so . 2. In the year 1725 , being in the 23d year of my age , I met with ...
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... kind , he not only aims at this , ( which is implied in having a single eye , ) but actually attains it . His business and his refreshments , as well as his prayers , all serve to this great end . Whether he sit in the house or walk by ...
... kind , he not only aims at this , ( which is implied in having a single eye , ) but actually attains it . His business and his refreshments , as well as his prayers , all serve to this great end . Whether he sit in the house or walk by ...
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... or slowness of understanding , irregular quickness or heaviness of imagination . Such in another kind are , impropriety of language ungracefulness of pronunciation : to which one might add a OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION . 11.
... or slowness of understanding , irregular quickness or heaviness of imagination . Such in another kind are , impropriety of language ungracefulness of pronunciation : to which one might add a OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION . 11.
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... kind of implicit envy at those who speak of higher attainments than our own ; and partly from our natural slowness and unreadiness of heart , to believe the works of God . Q. Why may we not continue in the joy of faith till we are per ...
... kind of implicit envy at those who speak of higher attainments than our own ; and partly from our natural slowness and unreadiness of heart , to believe the works of God . Q. Why may we not continue in the joy of faith till we are per ...
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... kind . 4. Your not believing that state to be attainable , wherein he professes to be . 5. Unwillingness to think or own he has attained it . 6. Over - valuing or idolizing him . 7 . Over - valuing yourself and your own judgment . If ...
... kind . 4. Your not believing that state to be attainable , wherein he professes to be . 5. Unwillingness to think or own he has attained it . 6. Over - valuing or idolizing him . 7 . Over - valuing yourself and your own judgment . If ...
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Page 245 - 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 252 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 197 - 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 109 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 249 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Page 223 - 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 244 - 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 317 - 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 239 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 278 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.