PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The works of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 03 (of 32)
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 · 88,317 words · 128 reading sections
Part 121
13. So long as men dream thus, they may well _walk in darkness_: nor can the effect cease, till the cause is removed. But yet we must not imagine, it will immediately cease, even when the cause is no more. When either ignorance or sin has caused darkness, one or the other may be removed, and yet the light which was obs…
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1 PETER i. 6. _Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations._ 1. IN the preceding discourse I have particularly spoken of that _darkness_ of mind, into which those are often observed to fall, who once walked in the light of God’s countenance. Nearly related to this is the _heaviness_…
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6. Once more, though they were heavy, yet were they holy: they retained the same power over sin. They were still _kept_ from this _by the power of_ God: they were _obedient children, not fashioned according to their former desires_, but _as he that had called them is holy_, so were they _holy in all manner of conversat…
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That “Pain is perfect misery, and extreme Quite overturns all patience.” And even where this is prevented by the grace of God, where men do _possess their souls in patience_, it may nevertheless occasion much inward heaviness, the soul sympathizing with the body. 2. All diseases of long continuance, though less painf…
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6. In all these circumstances we may be assured our great adversary will not be wanting to improve his opportunity. He who is always _walking about seeking whom he may devour_, will then especially use all his power, all his skill, if haply he may gain any advantage, over the soul that is already cast down. He will not…
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IV. 1. For what ends then, (which was the fourth thing to be considered) does God permit heaviness to befal so many of his children? The apostle gives us a plain and direct answer to this important question; _That the trial of their faith, which is much more precious than gold that perisheth though it be tried by fire,…
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7. Add to this the advantage which others may receive, by seeing our behaviour under affliction. We find by experience, example frequently makes a deeper impression upon us than precept. And what examples have a stronger influence, not only on those who are partakers of like precious faith, but even on them who have no…
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Transcriber’s Notes. The following corrections have been made in the text: Page 5: Sentence starting: 3. To consider this a little more.... – numeral ‘2’ was skipped (3. To consider this a little more) Page 14: Sentence starting: Or (as the same exhortation.... – ‘Ἀγωνίζεθε’ replaced with ‘Ἀγωνίζεσθε’ (Ἀγωνίζεσθε εἰ…
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