First let us agree what religion is. I take religion to be, not the bare saying over so many prayers, morning and evening, in public or private life; not anything superadded now and then to a careless or worldly life; but a constant ruling habit of soul, a renewal of our minds in the image of God, a recovery of the Divine likeness, a still-increasing conformity of heart and life to the pattern of our most holy Redeemer. But if this be religion, if this be the way to life which our blessed Lord hath marked out for us, how can any one, while he keeps close to this way, be charged with running into extremes?
To Richard Morgan, 1734
Letter of the Rev. John Wesley
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