Wesley Corpus

8. I call upon you more especially who are called Methodists. In the sight of the great God, upwards of fifty years I have ministered unto you, I have been your servant for Christ's sake. During this time I have given you many solemn warnings on this head. I now give you one more, perhaps the last. Dare any of you, in choosing your calling or situation, eye the things on earth, rather than the things above In choosing a profession, or a companion for life, for your child, do you look at earth or heaven And can you deliberately prefer, either for yourself or your offspring, a child of the devil with money, to a child of God without it Why, the very Heathens cry out, O cunae in terras animae, et caelestium inanes! O souls, bow'd down to earth, strangers to heaven! Repent, repent of your vile earthly-mindedness! Renounce the title of Christians, or prefer, both in your own case and the case of your children, grace to money, and heaven to earth! For the time to come, at least, "let your eye be single," that your "whole body may be full of light!"