| My dear Brother,
 I thank you for yours, May the 24th. The case is quite plain. There are bigots both for predestination and against it. God is sending a message to those on either side. But neither will receive it, unless from one who is of their own opinion. Therefore, for a time you are suffered to be of one opinion, and I of another. But when his time is come, God will do what man cannot, namely, make us both of one mind. Then persecution will flame out, and it will be seen whether we count our lives dear unto ourselves, so that we may finish our course with joy. I am, my dearest brother,
Ever yours, J. WESLEY
I believe that God has used theological debates to get me to pray for the hastening of Jesus' coming (2 Peter 3:12) because these debates can be so aggravating and do move me to want us to be fully unified. |
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