8. By this faith we are saved from all uneasiness of mind, from the anguish of a wounded spirit, from discontent, from fear and sorrow of heart, and from that inexpressible listlessness and weariness, both of the world and of ourselves, which we had so helplessly laboured under for many years; especially when we were out of the hurry of the world, and sunk into calm reflection. In this we find that love of God, and of all mankind, which we had elsewhere sought in vain. This we know and feel, and therefore cannot but declare, saves every one that partakes of it, both from sin and misery, from every unhappy and every unholy temper.
==Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives;
==She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives;
==Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even,
==And opens in each breast a little heaven.
"An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion"
The Rev. John Wesley - 1744
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