Treatise Word To A Freeholder
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-treatise-word-to-a-freeholder-002 |
| Words | 165 |
Set a mark upon that man. Above all, mark that man who talks of loving the Church,
and does not love the King. If he does not love the King,
he cannot love God. And if he does not love God, he cannot
love the Church. He loves the Church and the King just
alike. For indeed he loves neither one nor the other. O beware, you who truly love the Church, and therefore
cannot but love the King; beware of dividing the King and
the Church, any more than the King and country. Let others
do as they will, what is that to you? Act you as an honest
man, a loyal subject, a true Englishman, a lover of the
country, a lover of the Church; in one word, a Christian one
that fears nothing but sin, that seeks nothing but heaven, and
that desires nothing but God; nothing but glory to God in
the highest, and on earth peace, good-will towards men I