The same now?

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Such is the authentic account of the whole race of mankind, which he who knows what is in man (John 2:25), who searches the heart and tests the reins (Jeremiah 17:10), has left upon record for our instruction. Such were all men before God brought the Flood upon the earth. We are, second, to inquire whether they are the same now.

1771 text

II. Such is the authentic account of the whole race of mankind, which he who knoweth what is in man, who searcheth the heart and trieth the reins, hath left upon record for our instruction. Such were all men before God brought the flood upon the earth. We are, secondly, to enquire, Whether they are the same now?

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On Genesis 6:5: against flattering pictures of human nature, the Bible's account of a heart that is evil until God renews it.

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 44 in the 1771 Works. Genesis 6:5.

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