It is good to renew ourselves, from time to time, by closely examining the state of our souls, as if we had never done it before; for nothing tends more to the full assurance of faith, than to keep ourselves by this means in humility, and the exercise of all good works.
John Wesley (1827). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley: A plain account of Christian perfection. The appeals to men of reason and religion. Principles of the Methodists, &c”, p.62
