Wesley Corpus

His laying it to their faces speaks his laying it to their consciences. And they answered together; all that the Lord hath spoken we will do - Thus accepting the Lord to be to them a God, and giving u...

That he judged himself worthy of that death which it suffered in his stead; and that he laid his sins upon it with an eye to him upon whom God would lay the iniquity of us all, Isa 53:6, and that toge...

The Trouble And Rest Of Good Men Preached at St. Mary's in Oxford, on Sunday, September 21, 1735. Published at the request of several of the hearers. "There the wicked cease from troubling, and ther...

Charles Wesley The Cause And Cure Of Earthquakes First published in the year 1750. "O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord; what destruction he hath brought upon the earth!" Ps. 46:8. Of ...

Thou art the maker of spirits, destroy not thy own workmanship! O thou who art the preserver of men, and of their spirits, the Lord of spirits, Job 12:10, who as thou mayst justly destroy this people,...

The character he gives of them was, That they were few. Though he had now lived 130 years, they seemed to him but as a few days, in comparison of the days of eternity, in which a thousand years are bu...

This - All their wickedness mentioned before. My long suffering towards them may make them think I have forgotten their sins, but I remember them punctually, they are sealed up as in a bag, Job 14:17,...

2. If Adam did of himself, it was an instance of his faith in the word of God. These coats of skin had a significancy. The beasts whose skins they were, must be slain; slain before their eyes to shew ...

Job 23:8, 9, 10 Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), Part I Author: Charles Wesley (attributed) --- Tho’ I groan beneath thy frown, Hence I will not cannot fly; Tho’ thy justice cast me down, At thy...

Very early in the morning, a great while before day. Jacob had helped his wives and children over the river, and he desired to be private, and was left alone, that he might again spread his cares and ...

I. 1. In the first place I shall endeavor to show in what sense Christians are not perfect. And both from experience and Scripture it appears, First, that they are not perfect in knowledge: they are n...

3. They know not the reasons even of many of his present dispensations with the sons of men; but are constrained to rest here, -- Though "clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness and jud...

The same day the fountains of the great deep were broken up - There needed no new creation of waters; God has laid up the deep in store - houses, Ps 33:7, and now he broke up those stores. God had, in...

From the tabernacle - Not from the whole tabernacle, but from that part, whither it was come, to that part which was directly over the mercy - seat, where it constantly abode. Leprous - She, and not A...

The great objection which Sarah could not get over was her age. I am waxed old, and past child - bearing in a course of nature, especially having been hitherto barren, and which magnifies the difficul...

A holy confidence; he drew near with an assurance of faith, drew near as a prince, Job 31:37. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes - He speaks as one amaz...

Yoke - fellows must be to each other for a covering of the eyes. The marriage - covenant is a covenant with the eyes, like Job's, Job 31:1....

They saw the God of Israel - That is, they had some glimpse of his glory, in light and fire, though they saw no manner of similitude. They saw the place where the God of Israel stood, so the seventy, ...

But the favour of God puts gladness into the heart, more than the increase of corn, wine and oil. Shut up the heaven - Which is compared sometimes to a great store - house wherein God lays up his trea...

The same day the fountains of the great deep were broken up - There needed no new creation of waters; God has laid up the deep in store - houses, Ps 33:7, and now he broke up those stores. God had, in...

The same day the fountains of the great deep were broken up - There needed no new creation of waters; God has laid up the deep in store - houses, Ps 33:7, and now he broke up those stores. God had, in...

For in the image of God made he man - Man is a creature dear to his Creator, and therefore ought to be so to us; God put honour upon him, let us not then put contempt upon him. Such remains of God's i...

God appoints what workmen should be employed in the building and furnishing the tabernacle, ver. 1 - 11. He repeats the law of the sabbath, ver. 12 - 17. He delivers to Moses the two tables of the tes...

But the favour of God puts gladness into the heart, more than the increase of corn, wine and oil. Shut up the heaven - Which is compared sometimes to a great store - house wherein God lays up his trea...