{"id":"jw/letters/1788b/11-to-the-trustees-of-dewsbury","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"B 11 To The Trustees Of Dewsbury","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-1788b-11-to-the-trustees-of-dewsbury","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1788b-11-to-the-trustees-of-dewsbury-000"],"word_count":84,"themes_auto":["free-will","reign-of-god"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1788b-11-to-the-trustees-of-dewsbury-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1788b-11-to-the-trustees-of-dewsbury-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1788b-11-to-the-trustees-of-dewsbury","source_title":"B 11 To The Trustees Of Dewsbury","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To the Trustees of Dewsbury Date: LONDON, July 30, 1788. MY DEAR BRETHREN, The question between us is, 'By whom shall the preachers sent from time to time to Dewsbury be judged' You say, 'By the trustees.' I say, 'By their peers the preachers met in Conference.' You say, 'Give up this, and we will receive them.' I say, 'I cannot, I dare not, give up this.' Therefore, if you will not receive them on these terms, you renounce connection with Your affectionate brother.","word_count":84,"source_url":null,"themes":["free-will","reign-of-god"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:22:53.185199"}]}