Scriptural Christianity · §3 · John Wesley

The place was shaken

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In this chapter we read that the apostles and the brothers had been praying and praising God. Then the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. We do not find any visible appearance here, such as there had been in the former case. Nor are we told that the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost were then given to all of them, or to any of them.

Such gifts were the gifts of healing, of working other miracles, of prophecy, and of discerning spirits. Such also were the speaking with various kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues.

1771 text

2. In this chapter we read, that when the apostles and brethren had been praying, and praising God, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Not that we find any visible appearance here, such as had been in the former instance: nor are we informed that the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, were then given to all or any of them; such as the gifts of healing, of working |other| miracles, of prophecy, of discerning spirits; the speaking with divers kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues.

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Preached at Oxford in 1744 on Acts 4:31: Christianity as it began at Pentecost, as it spread, and as it will one day fill the earth, with a hard look at Oxford itself.

EditionPreached at Saint Mary's, Oxford, 24 August 1744. The panel is the 1771 Works

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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Sermon 4 in the 1771 Works. Saint Mary's, Oxford, 24 August 1744. Acts 4:31.

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