Wesley Corpus

To Joseph Benson Date: MACCLESFIELD, March 30, 1782. Source: The Letters of John Wesley (1782) Author: John Wesley --- DEAR SIR, -- Many have inferred, from my not answering Mr. Madan’s book, that I was of the same judgment with him. [Benson’s criticisms (on ‘Polygamy and Marriage’) were published in the Magazine. See letters of May 21, 1781, and Feb. 22, 1782, to him.] But it was owing to another cause -- my want of time. I am glad you have supplied my lack of service; and that you have done it with temper, though not with that complaisance, which is quite unseasonable on such an occasion. I have read over your remarks with attention, and believe they will satisfy any impartial reader. I commend you and your labors to the God of truth and love. -- I am Your affectionate friend and brother.