Wesley Corpus

To his Brother Charles REDRUTH September 21, 1760. Your message by John Jones seems to supersede the necessity of my writing; yet I think of sending a few civil lines, without entering into the merits of the cause. Is it not an excellent copy of our friend's countenance to 'beg leave to live apart' Quis enim negat 'For who forbids this' If the unbeliever will depart, let her depart. But she will as soon leap into the sea. Our friend is his wife. Charles wrote on the letter: 'She asks to part.' I speak everywhere of bribery and run goods. I suppose John Jones has sent you the Minutes of the Conference. Held at Bristol in August. On Friday se'nnight I hope to preach at Shepton Mallet at noon and at Bristol in the evening. On Oct. 3 he preached at both places at the time mentioned. Vive hodie! 'Live to-day', the motto on his seal. Adieu. I should think if you was solus cum solo, 'Closeted only with him.' the point to be insisted on with John Gambold would be, 'You went to the Moravians to find happiness. Have you found it What have you gained by the exchange' It is time enough, I suppose, for me to write; for you cannot go to London soon.