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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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1754
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Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol.
“Set me - These are undoubtedly the words of the bride. Let thy heart be constantly set upon me.”
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
“Many waters - My love to thee cannot be taken off, either by terrors and afflictions, which are commonly signified in scripture by waters and floods; or by temptations and allurements.”
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
“We - These are still the words of the bride. The present church, which was that of the Jews, speaks of a future church, which was to consist of the Gentiles, which she calls little, because she was the younger sister, and then scarce had…”
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
“If - This seems to be Christ's answer to the foregoing question of the Jewish church. Christ engages himself to provide for her, as suits best with her condition.”
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
“O Lord, by thy grace I am what thou wouldst have my sister to be, and therefore humbly hope, according to thy promise to her in that case, thou wilt build upon me a palace of silver.”
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
“Baal-hamon - A place not far from Jerusalem. A thousand - Whereby he signifies both the vast extent of the vineyard which required so many keepers, and its singular fertility.”
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
“Possibly we may ascribe the first clause to Christ, and the latter to the spouse: such interlocutions being familiar in this book.”