In the afternoon I rode back to Norwich, and took an account of the society there. I suppose both he and all the Professors, with some of the Magistrates, attended in the evening.
Why do men lie for lying sake? Is it only to keep their hands in?
After he had wholly left off that bad work and was following his own business, that of a weaver, he was arrested and sent to York gaol;. Wh—— had landed a vessel laded with brandy and Geneva, at the port of London, and sold them there, whereby he was indebted to His Majesty five hundred and seventy-seven pounds and upwards.” And to tell this worthy story, the Lawyer takes up thirteen or fourteen sheets of treble stamped paper.
Where is the justice of swelling four pounds into five hundred and seventy-seven?
Where is the common sense of taking up fourteen sheets to tell a story that may be told in ten lines?
Where is the mercy of thus grinding the face of the poor? thus sucking the blood of a poor, beggared prisoner?
Grimshaw had provided for this by fixing a scaffold on the outside of one of the windows through which I went after Prayers, and the people. The multitude of people obliged me to stand in the yard of the preaching-house.
As long as we live, our soul is connected with the body
Many were surprised when I told them, “The very design of a love-feast is a free and familiar conversation, in which every man, yea, and woman, has liberty to speak whatever may be to the glory of God.” Several then did speak, and not in vain: The flame ran from heart to heart, especially while one was declaring, with all simplicity, the. Two men also spoke to the same effect; and two others who had found peace with God.
As long as it is thus connected, it cannot think but by the help of bodily organs
As long as these organs are imperfect, we are liable to mistakes, both speculative and practical
Yea, and a mistake may occasion my loving a good man less than I ought; which is a defective, that is, a wrong temper
All men have need to say daily, “Forgive us our trespasses.”
I preached at Newgate; at Kingswood in the afternoon; and in the evening at North-Common. In the first hymn God broke his heart; and he was in tears all the rest of the service.
She was ill
She said, “Four years since I found much pain in my breasts, and afterwards hard lumps. Bell saw me, and asked, ‘Have you faith to be healed?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He prayed for me, and in a moment all my pain was gone.
She is well
His wife said, “I wish thou wouldst go with her, and see if any thing will do thee good.” He did so. But the next day I felt a little pain again; I clapped my hands on my breasts, and cried out, ‘Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me whole.’ It was gone; and from that hour I have had no pain, no soreness, no lumps, or swelling; but both my breasts were perfectly well, and have been so ever since.”.
She became so in a moment
We had, I believe, pretty near two thousand of the society at Spitalfields in the evening; where Mr. The congregation came from many miles round, and God was in the midst of them.
That we had now firm, sandy road, not clay and miry fields, as yesterday;
Finding a little company met together, I spent half an hour with them exceedingly comfortably; and, through the blessing of God, I was no more tired when I went to bed than when I arose in the morning. But my work was fixed; so I took horse soon after preaching,, and rode to a village called Botsamlode, seven miles from Cambridge.
I preached at five in the small House they have just built; and the hearers were remarkably serious. Now is faith to be had, saving faith; now you may be washed from all your sins in the.
Being Good Friday.) I had almost lost my voice by a cold
The congregation was larger in the morning than the evening before, and many appeared to be deeply wounded. B——’s maids went to bathe (as the women here frequently do) in the river near his house. At five in the morning the congregation was larger than it used to be in the evening.
We had a surprising congregation in the evening, and, as it seemed, all athirst for God. In the evening I spoke with those at Manchester who believed God had cleansed their hearts. The next day I preached at Crowan at noon, and at Penhale (in Breage) in the evening.
In the afternoon, the rain intermitting, I preached in the market-place; and it was a solemn season.
AN EXTRACT
JOURNAL
FROM OCTOBER 29, 1762, TO MAY 25, 1765
The singing, or speaking, or praying, of several at once
The praying to the Son of God only, or more than to the Father
The rising improper expressions in prayer; sometimes too bold, if not irreverent; sometimes too pompous and magnificent, extolling
Using poor, flat, bald hymns
The never kneeling at prayer
Your using postures or gestures highly indecent
Your screaming, even so as to make the words unintelligible
Your affirming, people will be justified or sanctified just now
The affirming they are, when they are not
The bidding them say, ‘I believe:’
The bitterly condemning any that oppose, calling them wolves, etc.; and pronouncing them hypocrites, or not justified
I had hopes of seeing a friend at Lewisham in my way; and so I did; but it was in her coffin. Some were vehement for, some against, the meetings for prayer, which were in several parts of the town. But it was with much difficulty; for it was a sharp frost, and our horses could very hardly keep their feet.
His screaming, every now and then, in so strange a manner, that one could scarce tell what he said
The next day I saw her for the last time, in every thing giving thanks, and. My fragments of time I employed in reading, and carefully considering, the lives of Magdalen de Pazzi, and some other eminent Romish saints. I fear therelators did not scruple lying for the Church, or for the credit of their.
That many things related therein are highly improbable. I fear the relators did not scruple lying for the Church, or for the credit of their
That many of their reputed virtues were really no virtues at all;
That many of their applauded actions were neither commendable nor imitable
That what was really good, in their tempers or lives, was so deeply tinctured with enthusiasm, that most readers would be far more likely
The three next days I spent in the tedious work of transcribing the names of the society. At one I preached to the loving colliers in Placey, and in the evening at Newcastle. I rode, though much out of order, to Sunderland, and preached in the evening at the Room.
We took horse at four, and rode through one of the pleasantest countries in the world. About two I preached at Cowbridge, in the Assembly-room, and then went on to Llandaff. The next day I reached Norwich, and found much of the presence of God in the congregation, both this evening and the next day.
In the evening both the House and the yard were pretty well filled with attentive hearers.
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From the procession of the soul from the parent, mentioned
From the very consideration of sin; for they are infused,
That souls are not immediately infused by God, but immediately propagated by the parent, is proved,. That the human soul is propagated by the parents together with the body, is further proved,. By the creation of Eve, whose soul is not said to have been breathedinto her by God:.
By the creation of Eve, whose soul is not said to have been breathed into her by God
From our redemption: What Christ did not assume, he did not redeem; if, therefore, he did not assume his soul, together with his
From the nature of the begetter and the begotten: They are of one species; but the man who begets consisting of a soul and body, and a
It will be free from sin, and so God himself will be accused as guilty of injustice, in condemning a pure spirit, and infusing it into an impure
He will be accounted the author of the soul’s pollution, by uniting it, a pure spirit, to an impure body, in order that it should be polluted
A double absurdity will follow upon this supposition; viz.,
But, although this laid a huge stumbling-block in the way, still the work of God went on. The small-pox, just broke out in the town, has made many of them thoughtful. I had purposed to preach there again in the morning; but a violent storm made it impracticable.
The congregation in the evening, as well as the next day, was both large and deeply attentive. I rode to Sundon, and preached in the evening to a very quiet and very stupid people. Happy would it be if all the playhouses in the kingdom were converted to so good an use.
In the evening the Mayor and all the Gentry of the town were present; and so was our Lord in an uncommon manner.
Let every one settle this in his heart beforehand, to expect contradiction, at the same time resolving to bear it calmly for the
I AM not insensible of the happy consequences it might produce, if ‘those who agree in preaching that capital doctrine, By grace are ye saved through faith, would maintain a free intercourse with each other;’ and if it could by any means be accomplished, it is. It is what I always have shown the greatest readiness to, and what I have labored at for these several years past, within my little sphere: And though my success hitherto, through causes which I will not pretend to assign, has by no means equaled my hopes; yet I shall heartily rejoice, if, at length, it may please God to make you the instrument of effecting so important a design. For my own part, I despise no man for his opinion; however, I may be most closely attached (as every one is) to those whose judgment most nearly harmonizes with my own: And if I can bear any thing, it is contradiction; so long as I am allowed the common liberty of answering for myself, without being treated with reproach or scorn for any heterodox notions I may be supposed to maintain.
I shall very gladly go halfway to London at any time, to give a meeting to a number of Ministers, of any denomination, that may be brought together with this pious intention; and I think I may answer for Mr. Will you forgive me, if, for once, I presume to suggest what (I apprehend) may be most. Let one of the books of the New Testament be made choice of previous to our interview, for the subject of our conference when we meet, not with a view of displaying our critical talents on every word or verse that occurs, but of pointing out those things which necessarily enter into the plan of apostolical preaching.
Let every one settle this in his heart beforehand, to expectcontradiction, at the same time resolving to bear it calmly for the.
A large congregation attended at five in the morning, and seemed to be just ripe for the. The ground being wet with heavy rain, I preached in the House both morning and evening. About noon I preached to a large congregation in Teesdale, and to a still larger in Weardale in the evening.
I took my leave of Newcastle; and about noon preached in the market place at Morpeth. In the evening I preached in the Court-House at Alnwick, where I rested the next day. In the evening I preached at Musselborough, and the next on the Calton-Hill, at Edinburgh.
At seven I preached in the High-School yard, on the other side of the city.
That any one was admitted, even lads, twelve or fourteen years old
That the chief speakers were Lawyers, six or seven on one side only
That a single question took up the whole time, which, when I went away, seemed to be as far from a conclusion as ever, namely, “Shall
In the evening I preached on the top of the hill near Dewsbury, one of the pleasantest towns in England. In the evening I preached at Liverpool, and the next day, Sunday, 15, the House was full enough. The humble overlooked the weakness of the men, and rejoiced in the power of God.
In the evening I preached in the new preaching-house, (not opened before,) and at eight in the morning. In the evening we had another blessed opportunity at Edinburgh, and I took a solemn leave of the people. In the evening I preached on the Green: Though it was exceeding cold, none of the congregation seemed to regard it.
In the same year I printed, (the first time I ventured to print any thing,) for the.
There are many great matters charged upon you
By whom were you ordained? Or are you ordained?
By whom were you sent?
What Church is that?
That factious and heretical Church!
No! Did not you preach such things as tend to faction and heresy?
