Quote#Wisdom
You must immediately drop any preacher that gives any countenance to…
Quote byJohn Wesley · 1703–1791
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Thomas Tattershall (13 November 1785), quoted in John Telford (ed.), The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. Vol. VII: March 23, 1780, to July 24, 1787 (Epworth Press, 1960), p. 300.
English (original)
You must immediately drop any preacher that gives any countenance to Nathaniel Ward. While I live I will bear the most public testimony I can to the reality of witchcraft. Your denial of this springs originally from the Deists; and simple Christians lick their spittle. I heartily set them at open defiance.
— John Wesley
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