The works of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 13 (of 32)Wesley, John
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The works of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 13 (of 32)
Wesley, John
Methodist Church; Theology -- Early works to 1800; Theology -- History -- 18th century
Saturday 28. This morning I had a trial, but Jesus stood by me, and
kept my mind in peace. Visiting a friend in the evening, I was much
comforted. God was with us of a truth. O how full of love are thy
thoughts towards me! All things shall work together for my good.
Monday 30. This has been one of my best days. I think I never had
before such a sense of the goodness of God to me, and my entire
dependence on him. My soul has been upon the stretch for all the fruit
of the Spirit. I never saw such beauty in humility, and felt such a
desire after it.
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“O Jesus, how richly hast thou provided for me here? Thou givest me
a large earnest of my inheritance. Thou dost give me to drink of that
fountain of living water. O that it may be in me as _a well of water,
springing up into everlasting life_! O thou fairest among ten thousand,
what hast thou done for such a worm as me! Thou hast purchased for me
holiness and heaven; yea, heaven upon earth. Thou dost give thyself to
me, and with thyself all things. Be astonished, O my soul, at the large
inheritance which thy Jesus has purchased for thee! Behold the rivers
of pleasure that flow at his right hand! And there thou shalt behold
his face without a veil:
“Far from a world of grief and sin,
With God eternally shut in!”
A short Account of the Death of
MARY LANGSON,
Of _Taxall_, in CHESHIRE,
Who died _January_ the 29th, 1769.
WHEN _Mary Langson_ was about fourteen years of age, it pleased God to
awaken her by the preaching of the gospel; and soon after she received
a clear sense of his pardoning love, in the enjoyment of which she
continued, though not exempted from those trials and temptations which
are common to believers.――From her first hearing the preaching, she
was diligent in the use of all the means of grace, whether private, or
public: and though the preaching was seldom near, she attended at every
possible opportunity.
She was constant at meeting her class; and those who were most
acquainted with her, being of the same family, observed that she always
expressed the state of her soul, just as it was, and manifested such a
spirit of sincerity in all her deportment, as convinced them that she
was an _Israelite indeed_, in whom was no guile.
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