{"id":"jw/letters/1790a/34-to-thomas-taylor","corpus":"jw-letters","type":"letter","author":"john-wesley","title":"A 34 To Thomas 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-1790a-34-to-thomas-taylor","passage_ids":["jw-letter-1790a-34-to-thomas-taylor-000"],"word_count":150,"themes_auto":["catholic-spirit","free-will","universal-redemption"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["jw-letter-1790a-34-to-thomas-taylor-000"],"passages":[{"id":"jw-letter-1790a-34-to-thomas-taylor-000","author":"john-wesley","source_id":"jw-letter-1790a-34-to-thomas-taylor","source_title":"A 34 To Thomas Taylor","source_type":"letter","year":null,"chunk_index":0,"text":"To Thomas Taylor Date: MANCHESTER, April 4, 1790. DEAR TOMMY, I did not approve of Dr. Coke's making collections either in yours or any other circuit. I told him so, and I am not well pleased with his doing it. It was very ill done. It is exceeding probable that sea-bathing will be of use to Brother Simpson; especially if he be temperate in all things, particularly in that which one hardly knows how to name. William Simpson was Taylor's colleague in Hull. I do not know what you mean concerning talking 'about the Church.' I advise all our brethren that have been brought up in the Church to continue there; and there I leave the matter. The Methodists are to spread life among all denominations; which they will do till they form a separate sect. I am, with love to Sister Taylor, dear Tommy, Your affectionate friend and brother.","word_count":150,"source_url":null,"themes":["catholic-spirit","universal-redemption","free-will"],"created_at":"2026-01-30T05:25:54.226048"}]}