Wesley Collected Works Vol 11
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-wesley-collected-works-vol-11-577 |
| Words | 377 |
They have not “put on humbleness of mind, bowels of
mercy, brotherly-kindness.” They have no gentleness, no
meekness, no longsuffering; so far are they from the “love
that endureth all things.” They are under the power of
sin; of evil-surmising; of anger; yea, of outward sin. For
they scruple mot to say to their brother, “Thou fool!”
They not only, on a slight provocation, make no scruple of
rendering evil for evil, of returning railing for railing; but
they bring railing accusations unprovoked; they pour out
floods of the lowest, basest invectives. And yet they are
within the decree I instance in the two late publications
of Mr. Rowland Hill. “O,” says Mr. Hill, “but Mr. Wesley is a wicked man.” What then? Is he more wicked
than him that disputed with Michael about the body of
Moses? How, then, durst he bring a railing accusation
496 GoD's EYEs ARE ovKR ALL THE EARTH. against a man, when an archangel durst not bring one
against the devil? O fight, fight for an unconditional
decree For if there be any condition, how can you be
saved ? MANY years ago, as my eldest brother was walking in the
back street of Hackney, a gentleman accosted him, and
said, “Sir, I am old, and I would willingly inform you of a
remarkable scene of Providence, that it may be remembered
when I am gone hence:-I was walking here some time since,
(as I frequently do,) early in a morning, when a chariot
stopped at a little distance from me, and a young lady,
stepping out, ran by me with all her might. A gentleman
quickly followed her, caught her, and brought her back;
when I just heard her say, ‘What, my dear, will you serve
me so?’ Immediately that door over against us opened,
and he thrust her in before him. I mused upon it all day
and all night, and was very uneasy. In the morning, a
gardener which I employed coming in, I asked him, “Do
you know such a house in Hackney?’ He answered, ‘Sir,
I am going to trim the trees in the garden next to it; and I
will make any inquiries which you desire, and bring you
back the best account I can.