25 To Philothea Briggs
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | letter |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-letter-1772-25-to-philothea-briggs-000 |
| Words | 95 |
To Philothea Briggs
Date: LIVERPOOL, March 23, 1772.
Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1772)
Author: John Wesley
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If useless words or thoughts spring from evil tempers, they are properly evil, otherwise not; but still they are contrary to the Adamic law: yet not to the law of love; therefore there is no condemnation for them, but they are matter of humiliation before God. So are those (seemingly) unbelieving thoughts; although they are not your own, and you may boldly say, 'Go, go, thou unclean spirit; thou shalt answer for these, and not I.'