 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1797 - 514 pages
...than Valdt probo : * And that I have the highefl reafon to blefs GOD, that he has given me two fons together at Oxford, to whom he has given grace and courage to turn the war againil the world and the devil, which is the beft way to conquer them. They have but one more enemy... | |
 | Arminianism - 1848 - 726 pages
...next is, to obtain the direction and approbation of your Bishop. || " I bless God who has given you grace and courage to turn the war against the world...and the devil, which is the best way to conquer them ; you have but one more enemy to combat with, the flesh ; which if you take care to subdue, (by fasting... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1805 - 510 pages
...which he says, " As to your own designs and employments, what can I say less of them than valde proba ; and that I have the highest reason to bless God, that...war against the world and the Devil, which is the Uest way to conquer them. They have but one enemy more to combat with, the flesh ; which if they take... | |
 | George Bourne - Funeral sermons - 1807 - 366 pages
...letter from his father is dated September 21, 1730. " As to your own designs and employments, what can t say less of them than valde probo ; and that I have...the Devil, which is the best way to conquer them. Go on then in God's name in the path to which your Saviour has directed you. Walk as prudently as you... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1809 - 460 pages
...were, or go forward ? His father's answer is dated September 21st, in which he says, " As to your own designs and employments, what can I say less of them....is the best way to conquer them. They have but one enemy more to combat with, the flesh ; which if they take care to subdue by fasting and prayer, there... | |
 | Robert Southey - Clergy - 1820 - 560 pages
...can I say less of them than valde probo : and that I have the highest reason to bless God for giving me two sons together at Oxford, to whom he has given...the Devil, which is the best way to conquer them." He advised them to obtain the approbation of the Bishop for visiting the prisoners ; and encouraged... | |
 | Robert Southey - Clergy - 1820 - 562 pages
...can I say less of them than ralde probo : and that I have the highest reason to bless God for giving me two sons together at Oxford, to whom he has given grace ami courage to turn the war against the World and the Devil, which is the best way to conquer them."... | |
 | Henry Moore - Clergy - 1826 - 338 pages
...he says, " As to your own designs and employments, what can I say less of them than Valde pfobo ?f and that I have the highest reason to bless God that...is the best way to conquer them. They have but one enemy more to combat with, — the flesh ; which if they take care to subdue by fasting and prayer,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1826 - 466 pages
...which he says, "As to your own designs and employments, what can I say less of them than valdeprobo ; and that I have the highest reason to bless God, that...is the best way to conquer them. They have but one enemy more to combat with, the flesh; which if they take care to subdue by fasting and prayer, there... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...their pious labors ; he blessed God who had given him two sons together at Oxford, who had received grace and courage to turn the war against the world and the devil ; he bids them defy reproach, and animates them in God's name to go on in the path to which their Saviour... | |
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And now as to your own designs and employments, what can I say less of them than, Valde probo :* and that I have the highest reason to bless God, that he has given me two sons together at Oxford, to whom he has given grace and courage to turn the war... 
