Wesley Corpus

“(9.) If so, is it not something else, not ‘the blood of Christ which cleanseth it ‘from all sin P’ “(10.) If his blood cleanseth us from all sin, while the soul and body are united, is it not in this life? “(11.) If when that union ceases, is it not in the next? And is not this too late? “(12.) If in the article of death; what situation is the soul in, when it is neither in the body nor out of it? “(13.) Has Christ anywhere taught us to pray for what he never designs to give? “(14.) Has he not taught us to pray, ‘Thy will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven?’ And is it not done perfectly in heaven? “(15.) If so, has he not taught us to pray for perfection on earth? Does he not then design to give it? “(16.) Did not St. Paul pray according to the will of God, when he prayed that the Thessalonians might be “sanctified wholly, and preserved” (in this world, not the next, unless he was praying for the dead) ‘blameless in body, soul, and spirit, unto the coming of Jesus Christ?” “(17.) Do you sincerely desire to be freed from indwelling sin in this life? “(18.) If you do, did not God give you that desire? “(19.) If so, did he not give it you to mock you, since it is impossible it should ever be fulfilled? “(20.) If you have not sincerity enough even to desire it, are you not disputing about matters too high for you? “(21.) Do you ever pray God to “cleanse the thoughts of your heart, that you ‘may perfectly love him?” “(22.) If you neither desire what you ask, nor believe it attainable, pray you not as a fool prayeth? “God help thee to consider these questions calmly and impartially l” 24. In the latter end of this year, God called to himself that burning and shining light, Jane Cooper. As she was both a living and a dying witness of Christian perfection, it will not be at all foreign to the subject to add a short account of her death; with one of her own letters, containing a plain and artless relation of the manner wherein it pleased God to work that great change in her soul: “May 2, 1761.