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For it is not a saint but a sinner that is forgiven, and under the notion of a sinner. God justifieth not the godly, but the ungodly; not those that are holy already, but the unholy.

— John Wesley Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)

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Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.

Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)

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