{"id":"jw/letters/1784b/22-to-john-valton","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 22 To John Valton","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-1784b-22-to-john-valton","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1784b-22-to-john-valton-000"],"word_count":145,"themes_auto":["assurance","christology","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1784b-22-to-john-valton-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1784b-22-to-john-valton-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1784b-22-to-john-valton","source_title":"B 22 To John Valton","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To John Valton Date: LONDON, October 13, 1784. MY DEAR BROTHER, - Dr. Davison's advice was good. I desire you would not offer to preach within these four weeks. I was suspended for near four months; but good is the will of the Lord. I suppose nettle tea is the best bracer in the world; and next that, elixir of vitriol (ten drops in a glass of water at ten or eleven in the morning). I am inclined to think that temptation is purely preternatural. I was strongly assaulted by it toward the close of my fever, when I could hardly set a foot to the ground. Many years ago I told you the case of Mr. Colley, who was just in your case. He married and died. And do we not know All the promises are sure To persevering prayer I am ever yours.","word_count":145,"source_url":null,"themes":["assurance","universal-redemption","christology"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:19:49.493555"}]}