The Nature of Enthusiasm · §41 · John Wesley

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Beware you do not run with the common herd of enthusiasts, fancying you are a Christian when you are not. Presume not to assume that venerable name unless you have a clear, scriptural title to it: unless you have the mind which was in Christ (Philippians 2:5), and walk as he also walked (1 John 2:6).

1771 text

37. Beware you do not run with the common herd of Enthusiasts, fancying you are a Christian when you are not. Presume not to assume that venerable name, unless you have a clear, scriptural title thereto: unless you have the mind which was in Christ, and walk as he also walked.

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On Acts 26:24: what enthusiasm, or religious madness, is, the forms it takes, and how to avoid it without losing true religion.

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

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Sermon 37 in the 1771 Works. Acts 26:24.

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