“In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.”
                                        
                                        Popery Calmly Considered (1779): The works of the Rev. John Wesley, 1812, London : Printed at the Conference - Office … by Thomas Cordeux, agent,  vol. XV http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC09022224&id=CZEPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA180&lpg=PA177&dq=%22popery+calmly+considered%22,  p. 180 - Google Books 
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