“Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.”

—  John Wesley

Letter (27 June 1760), published in The Works of the Rev. John Wesley (1813) Vol. XVI, p. 109
As quoted in an 1856 edition of Works
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Variant: Every one, though born of God in an instant, yea, and sanctified in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.

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