A Caution Against Bigotry · §32 · John Wesley

Suppose even this man

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Suppose then a man has no intercourse with us, suppose he is not of our party, suppose he separates from our church, yes, and widely differs from us both in judgment, practice, and affection: yet if we see even this man casting out devils, Jesus says, Do not forbid him (Mark 9:39). This important direction of our Lord, I am in the third place to explain.

1771 text

III. 1. Suppose then a man have no intercourse with us, suppose he be not of our party, suppose he separate from our church, yea, and widely differ from us, both in judgment, practice, and affection: yet if we see even this man casting out devils, Jesus saith, Forbid him not. This important direction of our Lord, I am, in the third place, to explain.

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On Mark 9:38-39: do not forbid someone who casts out devils in Christ's name just because he does not follow with us.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

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Sermon 38 in the 1771 Works. Mark 9:38-39.

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