The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . and zealous pastors: There hasbeen a great and just complaint formany years among the ministers andchurches in Old England, and in New(except about the time of the late earth-quake there) that the work of conversiongoes on very slowly, that the Spirit ofGod in His saving influence is muchwithdrawn from the ministrations of
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . and zealous pastors: There hasbeen a great and just complaint formany years among the ministers andchurches in Old England, and in New(except about the time of the late earth-quake there) that the work of conversiongoes on very slowly, that the Spirit ofGod in His saving influence is muchwithdrawn from the ministrations of Hisword, and there are few that receive thereport of the gospel with any eminentsuccess upon their hearts. But as thegospel is the same divine instrument of grace still, as ever it was in the days ofthe Apostles, so our ascended Saviournow and then takes a special occasion tomanifest the divinity of the gospel by aplentiful effusion of His spirit where it ispreached: then sinners are turned intosaints in numbers, and there is a newface of things spread over a town orcountry: The wilderness and the solitaryplaces are glad, the desert rejoices andblossoms as the rose; and surely concern-ing this instance we may add that theyhave seen the glory of the L01 d there, and. OLD REVOLUTIONARY CHURCH. the excellency of our Cod. they have seenthe outgoings of God our King in HisSanctuary It is evident that these men, as well asJohn Weslev, recognized in the manifes-tations at Northampton a new develop-ment, which was to work a revolution inthe well-organized Calvinistic to this time Calvinism had insistedon the distinction between the elect andthe non-elect; a distinction which Ed-wards, its final and, in some respects,its most severe exponent, dwelt on withinsistence. Now this distinction was 138 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF METHODISM ... ;:: ? . mm
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