Wesley Corpus

40 To Philothea Briggs

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typeletter
YearNone
Passage IDjw-letter-1772-40-to-philothea-briggs-001
Words68
Prevenient Grace Free Will Means of Grace
Instead of giving a caution once, as to a grown person, you must give it to a child ten times. By this means you may keep a sensible child from an improper familiarity with servants. Cautions should also be given frequently and earnestly to the servants themselves [See letter of Oct. 16, 1771.]; and they will not always be thrown away if they have either grace or sense.