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John Wesley
# John Wesley (1703–1791) Anglican priest; founder of Methodism; field preacher; hymn-writer (with brother Charles); theologian of Christian perfection.
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This site quotes John Wesley 4,731 times across 66 books, and lists 1 work.
- Lived 1703 to 1791.
- Quoted here most in Acts: 254 of 4,731.
John Wesley
- Lived
- 1703 to 1791
- Tradition
- Evangelical
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Quoted in full, because John Wesley died in 1791 and these works are out of copyright. Each citation below names its edition and its year. A citation naming a modernised text means that edition makes its own editorial changes, and that edition's terms are not in this site's record.
For - If any man injure you, especially if he do it greatly and frequently, you are slow and backward to forgive him. But I am ready to forgive all penitents, how many, and great, and numberless soever their sins be.
Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765
Isaiah 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. BSB
He shall show judgment to the heathens - That is, he shall publish the merciful Gospel to them also: the Hebrew word signifies either mercy or justice.
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755
Matthew 12:18 “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations. BSB
A bruised reed - A convinced sinner: one that is bruised with the weight of sin: smoking flax - One that has the least good desire, the faintest spark of grace: till he send forth judgment unto victory - That is, till he make righteousness…
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755
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completely victorious over all its enemies.
Matthew 12:20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory. BSB
While Noah told them of the judgment at a distance, they were tempted to put off their repentance: but now he is ordered to tell them that it is at the door; that they have but one week more to turn them in, to see…
Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765
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if that will now at last awaken them to consider the things that belong to their peace.
Genesis 7:4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.” BSB
But he with whom we have to do is God and not man, and he is pleased when he is wrestled with.
Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765
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But why then did Abraham leave off asking when he had prevailed so far as to get the place spared if there were but ten righteous in it?
Genesis 18:30 Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.” BSB
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# John Wesley (1703–1791) Anglican priest; founder of Methodism; field preacher; hymn-writer (with brother Charles); theologian of Christian perfection. His Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament (1754) and Explanatory Notes Upon the Old Testament (published 1765-1766) are the most widely-used Methodist-Arminian verse-by-verse commentary in the PD canon.
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Notes on the Bible
1754
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The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
“Thy voice - Thy complaints and reproaches. Angry fellows - The soldiers, who are in themselves sharp and fierce, and will soon be enflamed by thy provoking words.”
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of…
“Image - Having succeeded in their expedition according to the prediction which, as they supposed, they had from this image, they had a great veneration for it.”
On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
“The children of Israel - That is, a considerable part of them, who were ordered to give the first onset, and then to counterfeit flight, to draw the Benjamites forth from their strong-hold.”
Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
“Chosen men - Selected out of the main body, which was at Baal-tamar; and these were to march directly to Gibeah on the one side, whilst the liers in wait stormed it on the other side, and whilst the great body of the army laboured…”
And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found.
“If this seem harsh and bloody, either it may be ascribed to military fury; or perhaps it may be partly justified, from that command of God in a parallel case, Deut.”