Whitefield to Wesley
Posted by Vincent Cheung on July 21, 2005Here is a letter in which George Whitefield responds to a sermon John Wesley preached against the biblical doctrine of election.
A long time ago, I distributed this letter as a teaching aid to a small group of people who were just starting to learn about this doctrine. Since my aim was not to preserve history but to teach the doctrine, and since I did not at the time intend to widely distribute it, I made a few minor changes to the text to make it easier to read and understand. So if you need the exact text of the original letter, you should find an unedited version elsewhere.
To help the individuals mentioned above, I also annotated the text with several explanatory footnotes. As I glanced through them just now, I noticed several typos. However, they are minor and do not affect comprehension, so rather than taking the time to correct them, I have decided to leave them there.
It is available as a PDF file:
http://vincentcheung.com/files/pdf/whitefield-wesley.pdf
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