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Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.
Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
But when the Son of Man shall come in his glory, the brightest crown will be given to the sufferers.
In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker, on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade.
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.
Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.
An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
The Works of the Rev. John Wesley (1830)
But as to all opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we think and let think.
The Character of a Methodist (1739)
Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.
Never dream of forcing men into the ways of God. Think yourself, and let think.
Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
That execrable sum of all villanies commonly called the Slave-trade.
I would do anything that is in my power toward the extirpation of that trade which is a scandal not only to Christianity but humanity.
I am always in haste, but never in a hurry.
Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.
Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
Beware you are not a fiery, persecuting enthusiast.
Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
The best of it all is, God is with us.
As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.
I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.
Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
Let us put away our sins; the real ground of all our calamities! Which never will or can be thoroughly removed, till we fear God and honour the King.
A Calm Address to our American Colonies (1775)
In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.
Popery Calmly Considered (1779)