{"id":"jw/letters/1785b/52-to-joseph-taylor","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 52 To Joseph Taylor","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-1785b-52-to-joseph-taylor","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1785b-52-to-joseph-taylor-000"],"word_count":121,"themes_auto":["means-of-grace","primitive-christianity","scriptural-authority"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1785b-52-to-joseph-taylor-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1785b-52-to-joseph-taylor-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1785b-52-to-joseph-taylor","source_title":"B 52 To Joseph Taylor","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Joseph Taylor Date: LONDON, December 29, 1785. DEAR JOSEPH, - I advise you: (1) Till March do not preach more than twice a day. (2) Never preach above three-quarters of an hour. (3) Never strain your voice. (4) For a month (at least) drink no tea: I commend you if you take to it no more. The wind is not an original disease, but a symptom of nervous weakness. (5) Warm lemonade cures any complaint in the bowels. (6) If you have a bathing-vessel, put a gallon of boiling water into the cold water. Then you might bathe thrice a week. And send me word next month how you are. - I am, dear Joseph, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":121,"source_url":null,"themes":["means-of-grace","scriptural-authority","primitive-christianity"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:20:49.475232"}]}