Example

It is certain you cannot preach the truth without offending those who preach the contrary.... You cannot constrain anyone to go to Church; you can only advise them to do it, and encourage them by your example.

Letter to Walter Griffith, 1788, the Rev. John Wesley A.M.

NB: by the Church, Wesley meant the Church of England. This may have been counsel concerning regular Methodists who were constant in the class and society, but neglected attending Church worship.