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In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.

John Wesley

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John Wesley
Age: 87 †
Born: 1703
Born: June 17
Died: 1791
Died: March 2
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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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The wicked will gnaw their tongues for anguish and pain they will curse God and look upwards. There the dogs of hell, pride, malice, revenge, rage, horror, despair, continually devout them.
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