Fletcher of MadeleyHodder and Stoughton, 1885 - 196 páginas |
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... never heard an idle word drop from his lips , or any conversation which was not to the use of edifying . I never saw him in any temper in which I myself would not have wished to be found at death . ' Any one who • · has been intimately ...
... never heard an idle word drop from his lips , or any conversation which was not to the use of edifying . I never saw him in any temper in which I myself would not have wished to be found at death . ' Any one who • · has been intimately ...
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... Never perhaps since the rise of Christi- anity has the mind which was in Christ Jesus been more faithfully copied than it was in the Vicar of Madeley . To say that he was a good Christian is saying too little . He was more than ...
... Never perhaps since the rise of Christi- anity has the mind which was in Christ Jesus been more faithfully copied than it was in the Vicar of Madeley . To say that he was a good Christian is saying too little . He was more than ...
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... like his . Such men do not die : -a sweet and virtuous soul , Like seasoned timber , never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal , Then chiefly lives . " CHAPTER II . EARLY LIFE . ( 1729-1750 . ) INTRODUCTORY . 9.
... like his . Such men do not die : -a sweet and virtuous soul , Like seasoned timber , never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal , Then chiefly lives . " CHAPTER II . EARLY LIFE . ( 1729-1750 . ) INTRODUCTORY . 9.
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... never heard of again . On his recovery he returned to Switzerland , there being no further prospect of employment in the Portu- guese service . But his desire for military life was unabated . His uncle and eldest brother were in the ...
... never heard of again . On his recovery he returned to Switzerland , there being no further prospect of employment in the Portu- guese service . But his desire for military life was unabated . His uncle and eldest brother were in the ...
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... never really returned , and will suggest the explanation of that readiness to " forget his own people and his father's house , " which has perplexed some of his critics and biographers : " Even to the present day , a secret inquisition ...
... never really returned , and will suggest the explanation of that readiness to " forget his own people and his father's house , " which has perplexed some of his critics and biographers : " Even to the present day , a secret inquisition ...
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Página 27 - About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Página 82 - We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy Holy Church.
Página 149 - God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.
Página 190 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Página 155 - But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth : 14 Whereunto He called you by our Gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Página 28 - WAITED patiently for the LORD ; and he -*- inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God : many shall see if, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Página 52 - I thank your ladyship for the information concerning the Methodist preachers : their doctrines are .most repulsive, and strongly tinctured with impertinence and disrespect towards their superiors, in perpetually endeavouring to level all ranks and do away with all distinctions.
Página 106 - And, in fact, every believer, till he comes to glory, works for as well as from life. " 3. We have received it as a maxim that 'a man is to do nothing in order to justification.
Página 93 - He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them : he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Página 26 - a sure trust and confidence in God, that, through the merits of Christ, my sins are forgiven, and I reconciled to the favour of God.