{"id":"jw/letters/1786b/28-to-william-simpson","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 28 To William Simpson","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-1786b-28-to-william-simpson","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1786b-28-to-william-simpson-000"],"word_count":141,"themes_auto":["free-will","reign-of-god","social-holiness"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1786b-28-to-william-simpson-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1786b-28-to-william-simpson-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1786b-28-to-william-simpson","source_title":"B 28 To William Simpson","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To William Simpson Date: NEAR LONDON, November 11, 1785. DEAR BILLY, - Busy as I am, I snatch time to write a few lines, as I judge you had rather see my handwriting than John Broadbent's. You must in any wise write a few loving lines to Brother Inglis, and tell him I desired you so to do. It may induce him to be a little more careful for the time to come. The Sunday preaching may continue at Jervas for the present. I suppose the Society at Jervas is as large as that at Northallerton; and this is a point which is much to be considered. You must needs expel out of the Society at Knaresborough those that will be contentious. See letter of Nov. 23. - I am, with love to Nancy, dear Billy, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":141,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","social-holiness","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:21:30.106558"}]}