{"id":"jw/letters/1776/65-to-william-minethorp","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"65 To William Minethorp","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-1776-65-to-william-minethorp","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1776-65-to-william-minethorp-000"],"word_count":140,"themes_auto":["means-of-grace","reign-of-god","scriptural-authority"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1776-65-to-william-minethorp-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1776-65-to-william-minethorp-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1776-65-to-william-minethorp","source_title":"65 To William Minethorp","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To William Minethorp Date: LONDON, November 29, 1776. DEAR BILLY, You have nothing to do with past sins. They are blotted out. Whoever tells you the contrary, answer him, ' Thou art a liar. Get thee behind me, Satan. I will not east away my confidence: Jesus hath lived, hath died for me.' T. Rutherford told you the very truth. There are three causes of your inward trials: (1) bodily disorder, by means of which the body presses down the soul; (2) Satan, who does not fail to avail himself of this; (3) your own frailty in reasoning with him instead of looking to the Strong for strength. None can advise you as to your body better than Dr. Hamilton. I am afraid you cannot spare this money. Whenever you want it send word to, dear Billy, Your affectionate brother.","word_count":140,"source_url":null,"themes":["means-of-grace","scriptural-authority","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:13:33.454662"}]}