


	EDITOR'S NOTES - Since this book is primary quotations from Wesley, I have used text colors instead of block quotes to distinguish Wood's comments from the various quotations that he cites. I also added horizontal rules here and there to separate individual quotations. I have checked many the quotes — but not all! —against Jackson's edition of Wesley's Works and corrected them as necessary. Wood loved to use italics. He often put italics into the quotes to stress his own point. I have left these italics in the quotations (though I'm not too happy about them). If any astute readers out there catch any mistakes, please let me know. I will correct this text as necessary. Section 30 of this book is the complete text of A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. I know this text is available elsewhere on the Internet, but decided to include it anyway, because Wood's subheadings may make it easier to read and understand. It is presented here in 17 separate HTML pages. Craig L. Adams
	CONTENTS TITLE PAGE PREFACE & INTRODUCTION SECTION I HOW MR. WESLEY WAS LED INTO THE LIGHT OF FULL SALVATION.. SECTION II. THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION. SECTION III. REGENERATION AND ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION NOT IDENTICAL. SECTION IV. THE JUSTIFIED AND REGENERATE STATE DOES NOT ADMIT OF COMMITTING SIN. SECTION V. THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION TO JUSTIFIED BELIEVERS. SECTION VI. JUSTIFIED BELIEVERS CONVICTED OF INDWELLING SIN. SECTION VII. THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN REGENERATION AND ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION. SECTION VIII. SANCTIFICATION INSTANTANEOUS, BY FAITH, AND NOT BY GROWTH IN GRACE. SECTION IX. HOW CHRISTIAN PERFECTION IS TO BE OBTAINED. SECTION X. THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT TO ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION. SECTION XI. MR. WESLEY ENCOURAGED THE PROFESSION OF CHRISTIAN HOLINESS. SECTION XII. WITNESSES OF ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION. SECTION XIII. THE NECESSITY OF PREACHING HOLINESS. SECTION XIV. MR. WESLEY FREQUENTLY PREACHED ON CHRISIAN PERFECTION. SECTION XV. MR. WESLEY WAS NOT CONFINED TO ANY ONE MODE OF EXPRESSION. SECTION XVI. MR. WESLEY USED AND APPROVED THE PHRASE "SECOND BLESSING." SECTION XVII. HOLINESS IDENTIFIED WITH THE PROMOTION OF THE GENERAL WORK OF GOD. SECTION XVIII. THE SELECT SOCIETIES WERE FOR THOSE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED. SECTION XIX. FULL SALVATION MAY BE LOST. SECTION XX. ADVICE TO THOSE PROFESSING PERFECT LOVE. SECTION XXI. MR. WESLEY'S VIEWS ON MORAVIANISM. SECTION XXII. THE EXTENT OF THE WORK OF SANCTIFICATION IN MR. WESLEY'S DAY. SECTION XXIII. THE OPPOSITION MR. WESLEY ENCOUNTERED ON THE SUBJECT. SECTION XXIV. ON HEARING MINISTERS WHO OPPOSE THE TRUTH. SECTION XXV. MR. WESLEY'S OPPOSITION TO, AND TREATMENT OF, FANATICISM. SECTION XXVI. MINUTES OF CONFERENCE CONVERSATIONS ON THE SUBJECT. SECTION XXVII. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. SECTION XXVIII. HOW FAR DID MR. WESLEY CHANGE HIS VIEWS ON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION. SECTION XXIX. A CHRONOLOGICAL EPITOME. SECTION XXX. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection AS BELIEVED AND TAUGHT BY THE REV. MR. JOHN WESLEY FROM THE YEAR 1725 TO THE YEAR 1777. INTRODUCTION SERMON ON "THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART" BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY AT OXFORD. THE FIRST TRACT HE WROTE ON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION. HIS SERMON ON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION. THE PREFACE OF HIS SECOND VOLUME OF HYMNS. NOT FULLY SAVED AT CONVERSION. WHAT COMES SUBSEQUENT TO CONVERSION. DEPRAVITY IN THE CONVERTED HEART. THE SECOND BLESSING. THE PREFACE OF HIS THIRD VOLUME OF HYMNS. HE DENIES ANY CHANGE OF HIS VIEWS. THE MINUTES OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CONFERENCES. THE DOCTRINE PROVED FROM THE SCRIPTURES. HYMNS PUBLISHED IN 1749. "THOUGHTS ON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION" PUBLISHED IN 1759. THOSE ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED NEED THE ATONEMENT. INVOLUNTARY TRANSGRESSIONS AND SINLESS PERFECTION. ON PROFESSING HOLINESS. THE EVIDENCES OF BEING ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED. THE OUTWARD LIFE OF THE REGENERATE AND ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED THE SAME. THE SPIRIT WITNESSES TO OUR SANCTIFICATION AS CLEARLY AS TO HE DOES TO OUR JUSTIFICATION. WE MAY BE DECEIVED. GRADUAL OR INSTANTANEOUS? HOW TO TREAT THOSE WHO PROFESS HOLINESS. FANATICISM WAS MANIFEST IN LONDON IN 1762. QUERIES TO THOSE WHO DENY PERFECTION ATTAINABLE IN THIS LIFE. SOME WITNESSES. "FARTHER THOUGHTS ON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION." LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. THE ATONEMENT NEEDED. HOLINESS DOES NOT EXCLUDE TEMPTATIONS. HOW WE MAY KNOW THAT WE ARE SANCTIFIED. SCRIPTURE PROOF OF THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT TO SANCTIFICATION. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IN SANCTIFICATION. THE JUSTIFIED FEEL ANGER, PRIDE AND SELF-WILL. HOW HE VIEWED THOSE IN LONDON WHO WERE SANCTIFIED. THOSE PERFECT IN LOVE CAN GROW IN GRACE OR THEY CAN FALL FROM GRACE. ADVICE TO THOSE SANCTIFIED. PROPOSITIONS WRITTEN IN 1764. CONCLUSION. BRIEF THOUGHTS ON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION [This brief piece written in 1767 was not originally included either in "A Plain Account" or in Wood's book. It is added here for the sake of completeness.]

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