Mr. Corbett said he would gladly have asked me to preach but that the Bishop had forbidden him and had also forbidden all his clergy to admit any Methodist preacher to the
Lord's supper. But is any clergyman obliged, either in law or conscience, to obey such a
prohibition? By no means. The will even of the King does not bind any English subject,
unless it be seconded by an express law. How much less the will of a bishop? "But did not
you take an oath to obey him?" No, nor any clergyman in the three kingdoms. This is a mere
vulgar error. Shame that it should prevail almost universally.
The Journal of John Wesley
The Journal of John Wesley
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