John Wesley Quote

By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth.

An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion. By John Wesley.. The Eighth Edition (ed. 1796)