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... thought , as a toad has no soul , it cannot be miserable ; but I am in danger of being lost and tormented by the wrath of God for ever . Oh that I had never been born ! I found an enmity in my heart against God , in his holiness and ...
... thought , as a toad has no soul , it cannot be miserable ; but I am in danger of being lost and tormented by the wrath of God for ever . Oh that I had never been born ! I found an enmity in my heart against God , in his holiness and ...
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... thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " In the biography of such a minister , the record of his conversion to ... thought , What , if the Day of Judgment be coming ? I threw myself down on the ground , and cried to the Lord for ...
... thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " In the biography of such a minister , the record of his conversion to ... thought , What , if the Day of Judgment be coming ? I threw myself down on the ground , and cried to the Lord for ...
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... thought , ' What ! you never committed murder , or did any thing so dreadful , that you need to make such fools of yourselves , and roar out like mad people . ' But God soon turned his laughter into sorrow . An arrow of conviction ...
... thought , ' What ! you never committed murder , or did any thing so dreadful , that you need to make such fools of yourselves , and roar out like mad people . ' But God soon turned his laughter into sorrow . An arrow of conviction ...
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... thought I , " I am the very man . I sin , and grieve ; and then I sin again . Alas ! what will such repentance avail . I must be holy or I cannot be happy . Now my sins were set in battle array before me . I saw myself wretched ...
... thought I , " I am the very man . I sin , and grieve ; and then I sin again . Alas ! what will such repentance avail . I must be holy or I cannot be happy . Now my sins were set in battle array before me . I saw myself wretched ...
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... thought , if I were in hell I could not be much more miserable than I then was . ' A wounded spirit , who can bear ? Soon after , the extremity of my distress went off , and I remained for two days under a heavy sort of melancholy . All ...
... thought , if I were in hell I could not be much more miserable than I then was . ' A wounded spirit , who can bear ? Soon after , the extremity of my distress went off , and I remained for two days under a heavy sort of melancholy . All ...
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Page 161 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great'in the kingdom of heaven.
Page 166 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 21 - O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Page 111 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 124 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 111 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 7 - But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Page 78 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 235 - I have accordingly appointed Dr. Coke and Mr. Francis Asbury to be joint superintendents over our brethren in North America ; as also Richard Whatcoat and Thomas Vasey to act as elders among them, by baptizing and administering the Lord's Supper.
Page 164 - How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?