The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, Volume 9Printed at the Conference-Office ... by Thomas Cordeux, agent, 1811 - Methodism |
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... pleasure . And for the good of his neighbour , ( the poor in particular , ) nothing seemed hard , nothing wearisome . When I have been grieved to call him out of his study , from his closet - work , two or three times in an hour , he ...
... pleasure . And for the good of his neighbour , ( the poor in particular , ) nothing seemed hard , nothing wearisome . When I have been grieved to call him out of his study , from his closet - work , two or three times in an hour , he ...
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... pleasure that perishes in the using : by the other , I gain a larger share of those pleasures that are at God's right hand for evermore . By the former , I obtain the applause of men ; by the latter , the praise of God . In this way , I ...
... pleasure that perishes in the using : by the other , I gain a larger share of those pleasures that are at God's right hand for evermore . By the former , I obtain the applause of men ; by the latter , the praise of God . In this way , I ...
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... pleasure of God is the ground of their mutual dearness . Good qualities make this duty more easy : but it is still a duty , though good qua- lities be away . A man may lawfully think another woman a better woman than his own wife : but ...
... pleasure of God is the ground of their mutual dearness . Good qualities make this duty more easy : but it is still a duty , though good qua- lities be away . A man may lawfully think another woman a better woman than his own wife : but ...
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... pleasures of sense . Keep them on this account , ( as well as on account of health , ) to the plainest , simplest diet . If they do not want it as physic , let them taste no liquid till ten or twelve years old , but water or milk ...
... pleasures of sense . Keep them on this account , ( as well as on account of health , ) to the plainest , simplest diet . If they do not want it as physic , let them taste no liquid till ten or twelve years old , but water or milk ...
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... pleasure , your ease , nor any thing but your conscience in comparison of it . Be faithful , 2 , With regard to his reputation . Conceal his faults and infirmities as far as possible . Some of these you can hardly avoid observing ...
... pleasure , your ease , nor any thing but your conscience in comparison of it . Be faithful , 2 , With regard to his reputation . Conceal his faults and infirmities as far as possible . Some of these you can hardly avoid observing ...
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Page 225 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 237 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Page 191 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Page 129 - And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you ; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Page 179 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 309 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Page 311 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 219 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 276 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 347 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked, that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it, or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.