Wesley Collected Works Vol 11
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-wesley-collected-works-vol-11-427 |
| Words | 384 |
I conversed with him
morning, moon, and night, without the least reserve, during a
journey of many hundred miles; and in all that time I never
heard him speak an improper word, or saw him do an improper
action. To conclude: Within fourscore years, I have known
many excellent men, holy in heart and life: But one equal
to him, I have not known; one so uniformly and deeply
devoted to God. So unblamable a man, in every respect, I
have not found either in Europe or America. Nor do I
expect to find another such on this side eternity. Yet it is possible we may be such as he was. Let us, then,
endeavour to follow him as he followed Christ. #tre Iits the 330'p
Vicar of Madeley;
Who was born at Nyon in Switzerland,
September 12, 1729,
And finished his course, August 14, 1705,
In this village,
Where his unexampled labours
Will never be forgotten. He exercised his ministry for the space of twenty-five years
In this parish,
With uncommon zeal and ability. But though many believed his report,
Yet he might with justice have adopted
The lamentation of the Prophet :
“All the day long have I stretched out my hands
Unto a disobedient and gainsaying people :
Yet surely my judgment is with the Lord,
And my work with my God.”
As Isle LIEVED AND TAUGHT
FRox1 THE YEAR 1725, To THE YEAR 1777.”
1. WHAT I purpose in the following papers is, to give a
plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led,
during a course of many years, to embrace the doctrine of
Christian perfection. This I owe to the serious part of
mankind, those who desire to know all “the truth as it is in
Jesus.” And these only are concerned in questions of this
kind. To these I would nakedly declare the thing as it is,
endeavouring all along to show, from one period to another,
both what I thought, and why I thought so. 2. In the year 1725, being in the twenty-third year of my
age, I met with Bishop Taylor’s “Rule and Exercises of
Holy Living and Dying.”. In reading several parts of this
book, I was exceedingly affected; that part in particular
which relates to purity of intention.