Wesley Corpus

In the leading point, that of justification, both you and they teach, “Men are justified by a knowledge of the righteousness of Christ.” Only they think, it is a divine, supernatural, experimental knowledge, wrought in the inmost soul; and you think, it is a bare historical knowledge, of the same kind with that which the devils have. One specimen more of your unparalleled charity, which in any but yourself would be astonishing: “If any one chooses to go to hell by a devout path, let him study any one of those four famous treatises: Mr. Guthrie’s ‘Trial of a Saving Interest in Christ; Mr. Marshal’s ‘Gospel Mystery of Sanctification;’ Mr. Boston’s ‘Human Nature in its Fourfold State;’ or Dr. Doddridge’s ‘Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul.” If any profane person, who desires to be converted, enter into the spirit of those books, he thereby becomes twofold more a child of hell than he was before.” (Page 436.) Such is the doctrine, such is the spirit, of Palaemon | condemning the whole generation of God’s children; sending all his opponents to hell at once; casting arrows, firebrands, death on every side ! But I stop. God be merciful to thee a sinner; and show thee compassion, though thou hast none for thy fellow-servants | Otherwise it will be more tolerable, I will not say for Seneca or Epictetus, but for Nero or Domitian, in the day of judgment, than for thee! W