{"id":"jw/letters/1760/05-to-ebenezer-blackwell-editors-introductory-notes-1","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"05 To Ebenezer Blackwell Editors Introductory Notes 1","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-1760-05-to-ebenezer-blackwell-editors-introductory-notes-1","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1760-05-to-ebenezer-blackwell-editors-introductory-notes-1-000"],"word_count":152,"themes_auto":["pneumatology","scriptural-authority","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1760-05-to-ebenezer-blackwell-editors-introductory-notes-1-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1760-05-to-ebenezer-blackwell-editors-introductory-notes-1-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1760-05-to-ebenezer-blackwell-editors-introductory-notes-1","source_title":"05 To Ebenezer Blackwell Editors Introductory Notes 1","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Ebenezer Blackwell ()Editor's Introductory Notes: 1760 4 MANCHESTER, March I 7, I 760. SIR, The humanity which you showed during the short time I had the pleasure of conversing with you at Lewisham emboldens me to trouble you with a line in behalf of a worthy man. I apprehend the collector at Northwich in Cheshire has informed the Honourable Board that 'Mr. James Vine is a preacher at Northwich and makes disturbances in the town.' That he attends the preaching of the Methodists is true; but it is not true that he is a preacher. It is likewise true that the rabble of Northwich have sometimes disturbed our congregations; but herein Mr. Vine was only concerned as a sufferer, not an actor. I know him to be a careful, diligent officer, and a zealous lover of King George. Wishing you all temporal and spiritual blessings, I remain, sir, Your obedient servant.","word_count":152,"source_url":null,"themes":["scriptural-authority","universal-redemption","pneumatology"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:01:22.022784"}]}