The works of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 02 (of 32)

8. That we may the more diligently labour to season all we can, with every holy and heavenly temper, our Lord proceeds to shew the desperate state of those, who do not impart th...

2. But altho’ speaking in a loose way, after the common manner of men, those poor Heathens were said _to fear the_ Lord, yet we may observe the Holy Ghost immediately adds, spea...

5. But let us take care to afflict our souls as well as our bodies. Let every season either of public or private fasting, be a season of exercising all those holy affections, wh...

3. _Therefore when thou dost thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have praise of men._ The w...

*The cautiousness with which the apostle here speaks, is highly observable. He does not affirm this absolutely of _the rich_; for a man may possibly be rich, without any fault o...

3. What _the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees_ really was, it is not difficult to determine. Our Lord has preserved an authentic account, which one of them gave of him...

4. *With this one design, that men may _glorify_ God _in you_, go on in his name, and in the power of his might. Be not ashamed, even to stand alone, so it be in the ways of God...

7. I answer, what has been long observed is this: so long as _he that is born of God keepeth himself_ (which he is able to do by the grace of God) _the wicked one toucheth him n...

6. *But although this mourning is at an end, is lost in holy joy, by the return of the Comforter, yet is there another, and a blessed mourning it is, which abides in the childre...

24. _Therefore take no thought for the morrow._ Not only, take ye no thought, how to lay up treasures on earth, how to increase in worldly substance; take no thought how to proc...

3. The necessary fruit of this love of God, is the love of our neighbour, of every soul which God hath made; not excepting our enemies, not excepting those who are now _despitef...

9. This is more largely and particularly expressed in the Treatise on Justification, which I published last year. “If we take the phrase of _imputing Christ’s righteousness_, fo...

6. Such is the purity of heart which God requires, and works in those who believe on the Son of his love. And _blessed are they_ who are thus _pure in heart. For they shall see_...

8. Indeed some have supposed, that before the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in, the scandal of the cross will cease: that God will cause Christians to be esteemed and loved...

3. *Another reason or ground of fasting is this. Many of those who now fear God, are deeply sensible how often they have sinned against him, by the abuse of these lawful things....

4. And in every step toward this desirable end, the _overcoming evil with good, love is kind_: (χρηστεύεται· a word not easily translated) it is soft, mild, benign. It stands at...

4. Our gospel, as it knows no other foundation of good works than faith, or of faith than _Christ_, so it clearly informs us, we are not his disciples, while we either deny him...

8. Above all, with what amazing love does the Son of God, here reveal his Father’s will to man! He does not bring us _again to the mount that burned with fire, nor unto blacknes...

Indeed we are already bound hand and foot, by the chains of our own sins. These, considered with regard to ourselves, are chains of iron and fetters of brass. They are wounds wh...

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15. But supposing thou hast, by the grace of God, _cast the beam out of thine own eye_, and dost now _clearly see the mote or the beam which is in thy brother’s eye_, yet beware...