Wesley Corpus

The Late Work Of God In North America "The appearance was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel." Ezek. 1:16. 1. Whatever may be the primary meaning of this mysterious passage of Scripture, ma...

24. But one considerable difficulty still remains: There are very many heathen nations in the world that have no intercourse, either by trade or any other means, with Christians of any kind. Such are ...

Winding stairs - Without the wall, leading up to the gallery out of which they went into the several chambers. Middle chamber - Or rather, into the middle story, or row of chambers; and so in the foll...

The preceding books of scripture are, for the most part, plain and easy narratives, which he that runs may read and understand: but in the five poetical books, on which we are now entering, Job, Psalm...

Many waters - My love to thee cannot be taken off, either by terrors and afflictions, which are commonly signified in scripture by waters and floods; or by temptations and allurements. Therefore, give...

1. Let us take a view, in the Second place, of this Christianity, as spreading from one to another, and so gradually making its way into the world: For such was the will of God concerning it, who did ...

9. But will their evil deeds too (since, if we take in his whole life, there is not a man on earth who liveth and sinneth, not), will these be remembered in that day, and mentioned in the great congre...

22. If you ask, "Why then are not all men saved" the whole law and the testimony answer, First, Not because of any decree of God; not because it is his pleasure they should die; for, As I live, saith ...

Peter: (2 Pet. 3:9:) "The Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." And thus St. John: " If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father; and he is the p...

Hymn XV: Why Will Ye Die Scripture: Ezekiel 18:31 Source: Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1742) Author: Charles Wesley --- Sinners turn, why will you die? God your Maker asks you why? God, who did yo...

Hymn XV: Why Will Ye Die Scripture: Ezekiel 18:31 Source: Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1742) Author: Charles Wesley --- Sinners turn, why will you die? God your Maker asks you why? God, who did yo...

"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:3.) "Therefore now, saith the Lord," who is not willing any should perish, "turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with w...

I said - Upon the conditions in sundry places expressed, which they broke, and therefore God justly made them to know his breach of promise. The king, &c. - The king of Babylon, who having formerly re...

Into Egypt - Where they long lived in grievous bondage; which God having delivered us from, I shall now pass it over. Your eyes - He speaketh this to the elders, ver.1, who were so, not only by power ...

In Egypt - See Ezek 23:3,8,19,21,27. Under these particulars, no doubt he comprehends all other false gods, which were served by the nations amongst whom they were, but only mentions these, as the ido...

A maid - How unlikely is it, that a maid should forget her ornaments A bride - Those jewels which the bridegroom was wont to present his bride with. Forgotten - In the neglect of my worship; me, who w...

Chapter III The prophet reproves oppressing princes, ver. 1 - 4. And false prophets, ver. 5 - 7. And threatens both, ver. 8 - 12. Is it not for you - Ought not you to understand, and conform to, the j...

Chapter XLIX The judgment of the Ammonites, ver. 1 - 5. Their restoration, ver. 6. The judgment of Edom, ver. 7 - 22. Of Damascus, ver. 23 - 27. Of Kedar, and Hazor, ver. 28 - 33. Of Elam, and its res...

Many of the prophets foretold their ruin, Jeremiah in this place, Ezek 25:12 - 14 Joel 3:19 Amos 9:11,12, and others. Teman - Was a city of Edom. Dedan - Was a city of Arabia joining to Idumea, Isa 21...

Broken - Which is true literally; the lions when taken having most commonly their teeth broken, as ancient and modern writers relate. But this is meant of powerful tyrants, who are fitly compared to l...

True Christianity "How is the faithful city become an harlot!" Isa. 2:21. [The following Sermon was found in a mutilated manuscript among Mr. Wesley's papers. It is dated June 24, 1741. A Latin copy...

4. The Spirit of Christ is that great gift of God, which at sundry times, and in divers manners, he hath promised to man, and hath fully bestowed since the time that Christ was glorified. Those promis...

I will also save you from all your uncleannesses" (Ezek. 36:25, &c.) So likewise in the New Testament, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised ...

29. Thus hath the Lord fulfilled the things he spake by his holy prophets, which have been since the world began; -- by Moses in particular, saying, (Deut. 30:6.) I "will circumcise thine heart, and t...

29. Thus hath the Lord fulfilled the things he spake by his holy prophets, which have been since the world began; -- by Moses in particular, saying, (Deut. 30:6.) I "will circumcise thine heart, and t...

25. And so all Israel too shall be saved. For "blindness has happened to Israel," as the great Apostle observes, (Rom. 11:25, &c.,) till the fullness of the "Gentiles be come in." Then "the Deliverer ...

6. The prayer of St. Paul for the Thessalonians, that God would "sanctify" them throughout, and "that the whole of them, the spirit, the soul, and the body, might be preserved blameless," will undoubt...

The Promise of Sanctification Scripture: Ezekiel 36:25 Source: Christian Perfection, a Sermon (1741), pp. 44-48 Author: Charles Wesley --- God of all power, and truth, and grace, Which shall from age ...

The Promise of Sanctification Scripture: Ezekiel 36:25 Source: Christian Perfection, a Sermon (1741), pp. 44-48 Author: Charles Wesley --- God of all power, and truth, and grace, Which shall from age ...