{"id":"jw/letters/1764/01-to-samuel-furly-london-january-14-1764","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"01 To Samuel Furly London January 14 1764","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-1764-01-to-samuel-furly-london-january-14-1764","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1764-01-to-samuel-furly-london-january-14-1764-000"],"word_count":123,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","christology","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1764-01-to-samuel-furly-london-january-14-1764-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1764-01-to-samuel-furly-london-january-14-1764-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1764-01-to-samuel-furly-london-january-14-1764","source_title":"01 To Samuel Furly London January 14 1764","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Samuel Furly LONDON, January 14, 1764. MY DEAR BROTHER, I shall never think much of paying postage of a letter from you. We are all here now in great peace; and God is both widening and deepening His work. In that text I generally consider (1) what is implied in 'gaining the whole world'; (2) what in losing men's own souls; and show (3) what an ill bargain it would be to gain an whole world at that price. See sermon on The Important Question in Works, vi. 493-505; and letter of March 6. I hope you are still pressing on to the mark and counting all things loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. I am Your affectionate brother.","word_count":123,"source_url":null,"themes":["universal-redemption","catholic-spirit","christology"],"created_at":"2026-01-29T20:02:15.071868"}]}