A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

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John Wesley. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

Table of Contents

Sections 1–7

Sections 8–14

Sections 15–18

Sections 19–21

Sections 22–24

Section 25

Sections 26–28

Brief Thoughts on Christian Perfection

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John Wesley

Published by Good Press, 2020

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12. I think it was in the latter end of the year 1740, that I had a conversation with Dr. Gibson, then Bishop of London, at Whitehall. He asked me what I meant by perfection. I told him without any disguise or reserve. When I ceased speaking, he said, "Mr. Wesley, if this be all you mean, publish it to all the world. If any one then can confute what you say, lie may have free leave." I answered, "My Lord, I will;" and accordingly wrote and published the sermon on Christian perfection.

In this I endeavoured to show, (1.) In what sense Christians are not, (2.) In what sense they are, perfect.

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