Wesley Corpus

Sermon 140

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typesermon
YearNone
Passage IDjw-sermon-140-009
Words138
Justifying Grace Free Will Works of Mercy
Are you a poor man, who have gone or given anything to this diversion Then it has done you most hurt of all. It has made you throw away, for an idle sport abroad, what your wife and family wanted at home. If so, you have denied the faith, and are far worse than an infidel. But suppose it cost you no money, was it not hurt enough if it cost you any of your time What had you to do to run after trifling diversions, when you ought to have been employed in honest labour Surely if the rich think, God hath given them more than they want, (though it will be well if they do not one day think otherwise,) yet you have no temptation to think so. Sufficient for your day is the labour thereof.