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The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.

John Wesley

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John Wesley
Age: 87 †
Born: 1703
Born: June 17
Died: 1791
Died: March 2
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By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth.
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When Poetry thus keeps its place as the handmaiden of piety, it shall attain not a poor perishable wreath, but a crown that fadeth not away.
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The man who never fasts is no more in the way to heaven than the man who never prays.
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Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the Triune God.
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The case is this: God offers you one of the greatest mercies on this side of heaven and commands you to accept it. Why do you not accept this mercy in obedience to His command.... God offers you a pardon for all your sins.
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This earthly body is slow and heavy in all its motions, listless and soon tired with action. But our heavenly bodies shall be as fire as active and as nimble as our thoughts are.
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As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.
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It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading. A reading people will always be a knowing people.
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Purge me from every sinful blot My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth of self and pride. The hatred of the carnal mind Out of my flesh at once remove: Give me a tender heart, resigned, And pure, and full of faith and love.
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Let me do all the good I can, to all the people I can, as often as I can, for I shall not pass this way again.
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In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.
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People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.
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The giving up of (a belief in) witchcraft is in effect the giving up of (a beilief in) the Bible.
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Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these smaller differences.
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Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.
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Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep but lift up your voice with strength.
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