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... answered endless questions , consulted authori- ties , supplied me with quotations , and lent me books and pamphlets . Mr. John Wesley also took an interest in my work , and repeatedly proffered me all the assistance in his power ...
... answered endless questions , consulted authori- ties , supplied me with quotations , and lent me books and pamphlets . Mr. John Wesley also took an interest in my work , and repeatedly proffered me all the assistance in his power ...
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... answered , " I should have lost all my labor . It was the twentieth time that crowned it . " Mrs. Wesley does not seem to have thought much of her own system of education , but she could not suffer her children to run wild , and could ...
... answered , " I should have lost all my labor . It was the twentieth time that crowned it . " Mrs. Wesley does not seem to have thought much of her own system of education , but she could not suffer her children to run wild , and could ...
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... for any mal - administration or abuse of power . But as he derives his power from God , so to Him only he must answer for his using it . But still , I make great difference between those who entered into a con- federacy 62 SUSANNA WESLEY .
... for any mal - administration or abuse of power . But as he derives his power from God , so to Him only he must answer for his using it . But still , I make great difference between those who entered into a con- federacy 62 SUSANNA WESLEY .
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... answer for it at the last great day , that you carefully " work out your own salvation with fear and trembling , " lest you should finally miscarry . You say you do not know how to keep a secret without sometimes telling a lie . I do ...
... answer for it at the last great day , that you carefully " work out your own salvation with fear and trembling , " lest you should finally miscarry . You say you do not know how to keep a secret without sometimes telling a lie . I do ...
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... answer ( which I have by me ) was , that I must immediately pay the whole sum or go to prison . Thither I went with no great concern for myself , and find much more civility and satisfaction here than in brevibus gyaris of my own ...
... answer ( which I have by me ) was , that I must immediately pay the whole sum or go to prison . Thither I went with no great concern for myself , and find much more civility and satisfaction here than in brevibus gyaris of my own ...
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Seite 185 - And in our deepest desertion, and in our most peculiar sorrows, we may rest assured, that " there hath no temptation taken " us " but such as is common to man ; but God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Seite 184 - Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind; that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.
Seite 141 - If you do, after all, think fit to dissolve this assembly, do not tell me that you desire me to do it, for that will not satisfy my conscience: but send me your positive command, in such full and express terms, as may absolve me from all guilt and punishment for neglecting this opportunity of doing good, when you and I shall appear before the great and awful tribunal of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Seite 288 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Seite 260 - From three to four the silver cord was loosing, and the wheel breaking at the cistern ; and then without any struggle, or sigh, or groan, the soul was set at liberty. We stood round the bed, and fulfilled her last request, uttered a little before she lost her speech : " Children, as soon as I am released, sing a psalm of praise to God.
Seite 289 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Seite 253 - Strong feeling is naturally contagious ; and if, as the wise man observes, as ' iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend...
Seite 135 - ... been used to banish all discourse of God or spiritual concerns out of society, as if religion were never to appear out of the closet, and we were to be ashamed of nothing so much as of professing ourselves to be Christians.
Seite 107 - Come, neighbours, let us kneel down! let us give thanks to God! he has given me all my eight children ; let the house go, I am rich enough...
Seite 167 - O brother ! happy, thrice happy are you ; happy is my sister that buried your children in infancy, secure from temptation, secure from guilt, secure from want or shame, secure from the loss of friends. Believe me, it is better to mourn ten children dead than one living, and I have buried many.