A Letter to REV. Edward B. Pusey ... Being a Vindication of the Tenets and Character of Wesleyan Methodists, Against His Misrepresentations and Censures
A Letter to REV. Edward B. Pusey ... Being a Vindication of the Tenets and Character of Wesleyan Methodists, Against His Misrepresentations and Censures
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...Not as if we were by our own obedience to procure life, life from the death of sin: this also we hare already through the grace of God. Us hath he quickened, who were dead in sins; and now we are alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. But we rejoice in walking according to the covenant of grace, in holy ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...Not as if we were by our own obedience to procure life, life from the death of sin: this also we hare already through the grace of God. Us hath he quickened, who were dead in sins; and now we are alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. But we rejoice in walking according to the covenant of grace, in holy love and happyobedience. We rejoice in knowing that, being justified through his grace, we have not received the grace of God in vain; that God having freely (not for the sake of our willing or running, but through the blood of the Lamb) reconciled us to himself, we run, in the strength which he hath given us, the way of his commandments. He hath girded us with strength unto the war, and we gladly ' fight the good fight of faith.' " You tell your readers that the Wesleyan doctrine supersedes the necessity of watchfulness, striving against sin, self-denial, and taking up the cross. What think you then of the fol Wesley's Works, roL i, pp. 105-107. lowing remarks on these subjects, extracted from Mr. Wesley's sermon on " Self-denial 1" His voluminous Works abound with passages of a similar kind. "The denying ourselves, and the taking up our cross, in the full extent of the expression, is not a thing of small concern. It is not expedient only, as are some of the circumstantials of religion; but it is absolutely, indispensably necessary, either to our becoming or continuing His disciples. It is absolutely necessary, in the very nature of the thing, to our coming after him, and following him; insomuch that, as far as we do not practise it, we are not his disciples. If we do not continually deny ourselves, we do not learn of him, but of other masters. If we do not take up our cross daily, we do not come after him, but after the world, or the prince...
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