All men will not see alike

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It is very possible that many good men now also may entertain peculiar opinions, and some of them may be as singular herein as even Jehonadab was. And it is certain, so long as we know but in part (1 Corinthians 13:12), that all men will not see all things alike. It is an unavoidable consequence of the present weakness and shortness of human understanding that several men will be of several minds, in religion as well as in common life. So it has been from the beginning of the world, and so it will be till the restitution of all things (Acts 3:21).

1771 text

3. ’Tis very possible, that many good men now also may entertain peculiar opinions: and some of them maybe as singular herein, as even ♦Jehonadab was. And ’tis certain, so long as we know but in part, that all men will not see all things alike. It is an unavoidable consequence of the present weakness and shortness of human understanding, that several men will be of several minds, in religion as well as in common life. So it has been from the beginning of the world, and so it will be till the restitution of all things.

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On 2 Kings 10:15, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?”: love toward Christians who differ in opinion and in ways of worship.

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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 39 in the 1771 Works. 2 Kings 10:15.

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