A Caution Against Bigotry · §36 · John Wesley

Only a layman

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But what if he is only a layman who casts out devils? Ought I not to forbid him then?

1771 text

5. “But what if he be only a Layman who casts out devils? Ought I not to forbid him then?”

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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

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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

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