PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The works of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 10 (of 32)
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 · 85,864 words · 123 reading sections
CHAPTER II.
_Of his marriage, and conduct in his family._ 1. WHEN God convinced me, that it was not meet I should be alone, he also dearly convinced me, that _a prudent wife is from the Lord_.――I looked therefore and cried to, and waited on him for direction, with that eminent freedom and preparation of heart, which gave a fixed …
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7. As to the whole, my spirit was in a calm and composed frame: but contrary to my positive resolution, and under fears of a refusal, I was carried out to be more peremptory than usual as to the success. Yea, when I was in the most submissive frame, I was more peremptory as to the event, than when my heart was most eag…
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_Of his removal to St. |Andrews|._ 1. THE place of professor of divinity in the university of St. _Andrews_ being vacant, her Majesty’s patent was procured for him: upon which he made the following reflection: “This seems to be of the Lord, for it was without so much as a thought in me; yet were all obstructions remov…
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