Wesley Corpus

I believe there shall not. I pray in faith.” “On Sunday and Monday she was light-headed, but sensible at times. It then plainly appeared, her heart was still in heaven. One said to her, “Jesus is our mark.” She replied: “I have but one mark; I am all spiritual. Miss M. said to her, “You dwell in God.” She answered: “Alto gether. A person asked her: “Do you love me?” She said, ‘O, I love Christ; I love my Christ.’ To another she said, ‘I shall not long be here; Jesus is precious, very precious indeed. She said to Miss M., ‘The Lord is very good; he keeps my soul above all. For fifteen hours before she died, she was in strong convulsions: Her sufferings were extreme. One said, ‘You are made perfect through suffer ings. She said, “More and more so. After lying quiet some time, she said, ‘Lord, thou art strong !” Then pausing a considerable space, she uttered her last words, “My Jesus is all in all to me: Glory be to him through time and eternity. After this, she lay still for about half an hour, and then expired without a sigh or groan.” 25. The next year, the number of those who believed they were saved from sin still increasing, I judged it needful to publish, chiefly for their use, “Farther Thoughts on Christian Perfection:”-- “QUESTION 1. How is “ Christ the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth ?’ (Rom. x. 4.) “ANswer. In order to understand this, you must understand what law is here spoken of; and this, I apprehend, is, (1.) The Mosaic law, the whole Mosaic dispensation; which St. Paul continually speaks of as one, though containing three parts, the political, moral, and ceremonial. (2.) The Adamic law, that given to Adam in innocence, properly called ‘the law of works.’ This is in substance the same with the angelie law, being common to angels and men. It required that man should use, to the glory of God, all the powers with which he was created. Now, he was created free from any defect, either in his understanding or his affections. His body was then no clog to the mind; it did not hinder his apprehending all things clearly, judging truly concerning them, and reasoning justly, if he reasoned at all.