by multiplying quotations from the volume itself.
John Wesley a prose, which is not either directly or indirectly contained in this preface. So that whether our present doctrine be right or wrong, it is however the same which we taught from the beginning.
14. I need not give additional proofs of this, by multiplying quotations from the volume itself.
It may suffice to cite part of one hymn only, the last in that volume:
Lord, I believe a rest remains, To all Thy people known; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns And Thou art loved alone, A rest where all our soul's desire Is fix'd on things above; Where doubt and pain and fear expire, Cast out by perfect love.
From every evil motion freed (The Son hath made us free).
On all the powers of hell we tread In glorious liberty.
Safe in the way of life, above Death, earth, and hell we rise; We find, when perfected in love, Our long-sought paradise.
Christian Perfection O, that I now the rest might know, Believe and enter in!
Now, Saviour, now the power bestow, And let me cease from sin!
Remove this hardness from my heart, This unbelief remove:
To me the rest of faith impart, The sabbath of Thy love.
Come, O, my Saviour, come away!
Into my soul descend!
No longer from Thy creature stay, My author and my end!
The bliss Thou hast for me prepared, No longer be delay'd:
Come, my exceeding great reward, For whom I first was made.
Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, And seal me Thine abode!
Let all I am in Thee be lost:
Let all be lost in God!
Can anything be more clear than (1) that here also is as full and high a salvation as we have