 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1812 - 448 pages
...1 take the whole of this practice, to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. And I wonder that any sensible Protestant should think it right to countenance...guided, not by custom, but by Scripture and Reason. Dumfries, May 14, 1788. JW An Answer to an Important Question. Armagh, June 18, 1787. DEAR SIR, You... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1827 - 564 pages
...I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. And I wonder that any sensible Protestant should think it right to countenance...guided, not by custom, but by Scripture and Reason. JW Dumfries, May 14, 1788. .In ./•'•<• to an Important Question. Armagh, June 18, 1787. DEAR... | |
 | 1842 - 268 pages
...broad, and so many long; but pray how deep is the consecrated ground ? 'Deep ! what does that signify V Oh ! a great deal ; for, if my grave be dug too deep,...guided, not by custom, but by Scripture and reason. ''" & It is the affirmation of our highest Ecclesiastical Law authority, " that the first who decreed... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1839 - 810 pages
...I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. And I wonder that any sensible Protestant should think it right to countenance...guided, not by custom, but by Scripture and reason. DUMFRIES, May 14, 178& SERIOUS THOUGHTS OCCASIONED BY THE LATE EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON. [PRINTED IN THE... | |
 | George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 pages
...of the consecrated ground ; and who can tell what unhappy consequences may follow from this ? " 8th. I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic...now, that we should be guided, not by CUSTOM, but bg SCRIPTURE and REASON." The Rev. JOHN WESLEY'S Works, Vol. X. pp. 509— 511. " I cannot but deplore,"... | |
 | John Wesley - 1856 - 812 pages
...I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. And I wonder that any sensible Protestant should think it right to countenance...guided, not by custom, but by Scripture and reason. DUMFRIES, May 14, 1788. SERIOUS THOUGHTS OCCASIONED BY THE LATE EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON. [FEINTED IN THE... | |
 | John Wesley, James Henry Potts - Methodism - 1891 - 568 pages
...I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. And I wonder that any sensible Protestant should think it right to countenance...guided, not by custom, but by Scripture and reason. DcimtiES, May 14, 1788. HOW FAR IS IT THE DUTY OF A CHRISTIAN MINISTER TO PREACH POLITICS ? 1. IT is... | |
 | John R. Tyson - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 369 pages
...last paragraph: "I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. . . . Surely it is high time now that we should be guided not by custom, but by Scripture and reason." While John Wesley was quick to turn his personal disappointment into a public teaching moment, he had... | |
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I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. And I wonder that any sensible Protestant should think it right to countenance it ; much more, that any reasonable man should plead for the necessity of it! Surely, it is high... 