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Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XIV
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To the Reader.
The Letters of Mr. Samuel Rutherford have been generally admired by all the children of God, into whose hands they have fallen, for the vein of piety, trust in God, and holy zeal, which run through them. The same piety, zeal, and confidence in God, shine through all the Letters of Mr. Alleine; so that in this respect he may well be styled, the English Rutherford. But yet there is a very discernible difference between them: In piety and fervor of spirit they are the same; but the fervor of the one more resembles that of St. Paul; of the other, that of St. John. They were both men of the most intrepid courage; but in love Mr. Alleine has the pre-eminence. He seems to excel in bowels of mercy, meekness, gentleness, in tenderness, mildness, and sweetness of spirit, even to his bitterest enemies. I do not therefore scruple to give these Letters the preference even to Mr. Rutherford’s; as expression, in a still higher degree, the love that is long-suffering and kind, which is not provoked, which thinketh no evil, and which hopeth, believeth, and endureth all things.
John Wesley.
London, March 7, 1767.
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Chicago: John Wesley, "To the Reader.," Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XIV, ed. Thomas Jackson in Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XIV (London: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1872), Original Sources, accessed October 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LK7GB1U6MAAPY2G.
MLA: Wesley, John. "To the Reader." Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XIV, edited by Thomas Jackson, in Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XIV, London, Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, 1872, Original Sources. 4 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LK7GB1U6MAAPY2G.
Harvard: Wesley, J, 'To the Reader.' in Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XIV, ed. . cited in 1872, Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume XIV, Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, London. Original Sources, retrieved 4 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LK7GB1U6MAAPY2G.
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