{"id":"jw/letters/1756a/10-to-samuel-furly","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 10 To Samuel Furly","title_alt":[],"text_basis":null,"date_composed":null,"date_precision":"unknown","date_note":null,"numbering":{"bicentennial":null,"jackson_running":null,"sugden":null},"source_edition":{"editor":null,"title":null,"edition":null,"place":null,"publisher":null,"year":null,"volume":null,"pages":null,"scan_url":null,"scan_page_ids":null},"transcription":{"derived_from":null,"corrected_against_scan":false,"corrector":null,"corrected_on":null},"modernization":"none","license_text":"Public Domain Mark 1.0","license_apparatus":"CC BY 4.0","wikidata":null,"prev":null,"next":null,"part_of":"jw-letters","editorial_note":null,"source_id":"jw-letter-1756a-10-to-samuel-furly","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1756a-10-to-samuel-furly-000"],"word_count":116,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","works-mercy"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1756a-10-to-samuel-furly-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1756a-10-to-samuel-furly-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1756a-10-to-samuel-furly","source_title":"A 10 To Samuel Furly","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Samuel Furly Date: LONDON February 21, 1756. DEAR SAMMY, There is but one possible way to gain the victory: conquer desire, and you will conquer fear. But as long as you are a slave you must be a coward. Be free therefore, or you can't be bold. Never write to that person at all, nor of her The reference is to his love affairs. See letter of March 14.; and continue instant in prayer. Cut off the right hand and cast it from you; otherwise you will be a poor dastardly wretch all your days, and one sin will punish another till the day of grace is at an end. I am Your affectionate brother.","word_count":116,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","works-mercy","catholic-spirit"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:00:11.275590"}]}