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Title	Letter to Robert Marsden
Post Date	August 31, 1756
Author	Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Recipient	Marsden, Robert
Date	1756-08-31
Physical Description	4 pgs total; 1 pg text; 1 pg address; 2 pgs blank
Dimensions	22 x 33 cm
Address From	Bristol
Country From	England
Transcriber	Wanda Smith
Plain Text Transcription	Mr Rob[ert] Marsden At Mr Frith’s Grocer in Sheffield Bristol Aug. 31, 1756 A careless reader of the Address may possibly think, “I make it necessary for a minister to have much learning,” and thence imagine I act inconsistently, seeing many of our preachers have no learning at all. But the answer is easy. First, I do not make any learning necessary even for a minister (the minister of a parish who, as such, undertakes single to guide and feed, to instruct, and govern that whole flock) but the knowledge of the scriptures, although many branches of learning are highly expedient for him. Secondly, these preachers are not ministers. None of them undertakes single the care of an whole flock. But ten, twenty or thirty, one following and helping another, and all under the direction of my brother and me, undertake jointly what (as I judge) no man in England is equal to alone. Fight your way through all. God is on your side. And what then can man do to you? Make known all your wants to him, and you shall have the petitions you ask of him. I am, Your affectionate brother John Wesley
Published Transcription	John Telford, ed. The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley, III. March 28, 1749, to January 10, 1758. (London: Epworth Press, 1931), p. 184.
Catalog link	http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=195723
Unique Identifier	JWesley 08311756
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2003
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4037 pixels in height or width.
Digital Publisher	Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University
Rights	Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library.
Decade	1750-1759