Wesley Corpus

01 To James Hutton

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typeletter
YearNone
Passage IDjw-letter-1755-01-to-james-hutton-001
Words120
Catholic Spirit Universal Redemption Free Will
I might have drawn up the Queries with more accuracy, had I not considered, as you ‘hoped I would, the impatience in the public for an answer a close one to every point.' I have therefore, as you desired, ‘used all possible speed,’ and yet have ‘taken care to form my Queries in such a manner that they might deserve the utmost attention, and come dose to the point.’ Is it needful to remind you of that frank engagement to the public wherewith you close your letter ‘As soon as these Queries are finished, the Moravians, who expect them with earnest longing, will lose no time in answering them.’ --I am, &c. You see the impropriety of adding my name.