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  • The readiest way which God takes to draw a man to himself is, to afflict him in that he loves most, and with good reason; and to cause this affliction to arise from some good action done with a single eye; because nothing can more clearly show him the emptiness of what is most lovely and desirable in the world.

    John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.525