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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... proofs of this , by multiplying quo- tations from the volume itself . It may suffice , to cite part of one hymn only , the last of that volume . Lord , I believe a rest remains , To all thy people known , A rest , where pure enjoyment ...
... proofs of this , by multiplying quo- tations from the volume itself . It may suffice , to cite part of one hymn only , the last of that volume . Lord , I believe a rest remains , To all thy people known , A rest , where pure enjoyment ...
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... proof ? How may we certainly know one that is saved from all sin ? A. We cannot infallibly know one that is thus ... proofs to any reasonable man , and such as would leave little room to doubt , either the truth or the depth of the work ...
... proof ? How may we certainly know one that is saved from all sin ? A. We cannot infallibly know one that is thus ... proofs to any reasonable man , and such as would leave little room to doubt , either the truth or the depth of the work ...
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... proof at all , that the person so speaking is not perfect in love . Q. But is it not a proof , if he is surprised or fluttered by a noise , a fall , or some sudden danger ? A. It is not : for one may start , tremble , change colour , or ...
... proof at all , that the person so speaking is not perfect in love . Q. But is it not a proof , if he is surprised or fluttered by a noise , a fall , or some sudden danger ? A. It is not : for one may start , tremble , change colour , or ...
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... proof that he has not more grace : and by this God measures the outward work . Hear ye him : " Verily I say unto you , this poor widow has cast in more than them all . " Verily this poor man , with his few broken words , has spoke more ...
... proof that he has not more grace : and by this God measures the outward work . Hear ye him : " Verily I say unto you , this poor widow has cast in more than them all . " Verily this poor man , with his few broken words , has spoke more ...
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... proof ; several have experienced this for a time , before their souls were fully renewed . None therefore ought to be- lieve , that the work is done till there is added the testimony of the Spirit , witnessing his entire sanctification ...
... proof ; several have experienced this for a time , before their souls were fully renewed . None therefore ought to be- lieve , that the work is done till there is added the testimony of the Spirit , witnessing his entire sanctification ...
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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.