Wesley Corpus

To Men of Neason and Religion. s Weftey znathemiatizes Mr. Whitefield.” This is equall false and scandalous, ' 1 reverence” Mr. Whitefiel both as à child of God, and true Minister of Jesus Christ. 4. And yet each pteterids to be Ted'by the Holy Ghoft, by the mfallible Spirit of God.” Not in our private opinions: not does either of us pretend to be any farther led by the Spirit of God, than every christian must pretend to be, unless he will deny the Bible. For only as many as are led by the Spirit of God, are the Sons of God. Therefore, if you do not pretend to be led by him too, yea, if it be not so va you are none of quis, And now, what is become of your gemortbraddn # Leave it to the carmen and porters its just proprietors to the zealous apple-women that ery after me in the street, © This is he that rails at the Whole Dutyful of Man,” But let every one that pretends to ann or reason, be ashamed to mention it any more. 30. The first imferertce, eafily deduced from whitt has been faid, is, That we are not false Prophets.“ In one sense of the word, we are no Prophets at all; for we do not foretel things to come, But in another (wherem every Minister is a Prophet) we are. For we do speak in the name of God. Now a false Prophet (in this sense of the word) 15 one, who declares ay the Will of God, what is not fo. But we declare (as has been shewn at large) nothing elfe as the Will of Goa, but what 1s evidently contamed in his written word, as explained by our own church. Therefore, unless you can prove the Bible to be a false book, vo cannot possibly prove us to be false Prophets.