Wesley Corpus

(Page 130.) Nothing. Both Adam’s sin and Christ’s righteousness are imputed. Neither Adam’s sin nor Christ's righteousness is imputed. (Page 131.) 63. Nothing against no thing. In what sense I believe the “Christian Library” to be all true, I have declared above. Mr. W. holds free-will. Mr. W. wonders how any man can hold free-will. “Mr. W. denies it.” 64. “Mr. F. holds free Will.” This may prove that Mr. W. contradicts Mr. F., but it can never prove that he contradicts himself. But, indeed, both Mr. F. and Mr. W. absolutely deny natural free-will. We both steadily assert that the will of man is by nature free only to evil. Yet we both believe that every man has a measure of free-will restored to him by grace. For the doctrine of merit. 65. “We are rewarded ac cording to our works, yea, be cause of our works. How does this differ from, ‘for the sake of our works?’ And how differs this from secundum merita Against the doctrine of merit. “And yet I still maintain, there is no merit, taking the word strictly, but in the blood of Christ; that salvation is not by the merit of works; and that there is nothing we are, or operum, or, “as our works de serve?” Can you split this hair? I doubt I cannot.”-- have, or do, which can, strictly speaking, deserve the least thing at God’s hand.” I say so still. Let Mr. H., if he can. And all this is no more than to say, Take the word merit in a strict sense, and I utterly renounce it; take it in a looser sense, and though I never use it, yet I do not condemn it. Therefore, with regard to the word merit, I do not contradict myself at all. For a single life. 66. “Mr. W. says, his thoughts on a single life are just the same they have been these thirty years.” 67. “He advises that we should pray against mar riage.” Against a single life. “Why, then, did Mr. W. marry?” For reasons best known to himself. (Page 136.) “I advise single persons to pray, that they may prize the advantages they enjoy.” Be this right or wrong, still here is no contradiction. For gay apparel. 68.