Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XII

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Author: John Wesley

LXV. — To the Same.

Dear Brother,Stockton, July 9, 1766.

I shall judge of the Bands at Kingswood when I am there. They have not met tolerably for these dozen years.

Miss Lewen gave me a chaise and a pair of horses. You are a long time in getting to London; therefore, I hope you will do much good there. Yes, says William; "Mr. Charles will stop their prating in the Bands at London, as he has done at Bristol." I believe not. I believe you will rather encourage them to speak, humbly and modestly, the words of truth and soberness. Great good has flowed and will flow therefrom. Let your "knowledge direct, not quench, the fire." That has been done too much already. I trust you will now raise, not depress, their hopes.

One word more: concerning setting perfection too high. That perfection which I believe, I can boldly preach; because I think I see five hundred witnesses of it. Of that perfection which you preach, you think you do not see any witness at all. Why, then, you must have far more courage than me, or you could not persist in preaching it. I wonder you do not, in this article, fall in plumb with Mr. Whitefield. For do not you, as well as he, ask, "Where are the perfect ones?" I verily believe there are none upon earth; none dwelling in the body. I cordially assent to his opinion, that there is no such perfection here as you describe: At least, I never met with an instance of it; and I doubt I never shall. Therefore I still think, to set perfection so high is effectually to renounce it.

Pray tell Mr. Franks, I have this moment received Mr. Pine’s letter, and agree with every article of it.

I believe, the sooner S. Smith goes to Bristol the better. I wish you should advise and encourage her a little. Adieu!

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Chicago: John Wesley, "LXV. — To the Same.," Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XII, ed. Thomas Jackson in Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XII (London: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1872), Original Sources, accessed December 5, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4M8A34PNXPUNZUY.

MLA: Wesley, John. "LXV. — To the Same." Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XII, edited by Thomas Jackson, in Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XII, London, Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1872, Original Sources. 5 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4M8A34PNXPUNZUY.

Harvard: Wesley, J, 'LXV. — To the Same.' in Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XII, ed. . cited in 1872, Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XII, Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, London. Original Sources, retrieved 5 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4M8A34PNXPUNZUY.