The Works of John Newton: 4 Volume Set John Keddie but it may be that

but it may be that my weakness may be used of God to greater purpose

that it is the Holy Spirit who makes preachers

and the claims of the Romish church to be reckoned any church at all

a stimulus to growth in spiritual maturity and sanctification

To be with Christ will be heaven itself

The Works of John Newton: 4 Volume Set John Keddie but it may be thatWhen John Newton, ex sea captain and, as yet, unsuccessful candidate for the Church of England ministry, finished his first book (an autobiography) in 1762 there was no ready publisher. Any thought that he was destined to become one of the best known authors of his age would have been as fantastic as the last 37 years of his life. But in both cases the improbable came about. Becoming curate of Olney, a small village in the south of England, in 1764,