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“Word to a Drunkard” & John Wesley on alcohol

See also: Bible says be sober again and again.

“Word to a Drunkard” by John Wesley

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John Wesley

1. Are you a man? God made you a man; but you make yourself a beast. Wherein does a man differ from a beast? Is it not chiefly in reason and understanding? But you throw away what reason you have. You strip yourself of your understanding. You do all you can to make yourself a mere beast; not a fool, not a madman only, but a swine, a poor filthy swine. Go and wallow with them in the mire! Go, drink on, till thy nakedness be uncovered, and shameful spewing be on thy glory! [Hab. 2:16] Continue reading ““Word to a Drunkard” & John Wesley on alcohol”

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I am not half legalistic enough – John Wesley

Never talk against ‘legalism’: call it tenderness of conscience

Rev. John Wesley portrait
John Wesley

Legality [Legalism], with most who use that term, really means tenderness of conscience. There is no propriety in the word if one would take it for seeking justification by works. Considering, therefore, how hard it is to fix the meaning of that odd term, and how dreadfully it has been abused, I think it highly advisable for all the Methodists to lay it quite aside.
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