Allow liberty of thinking
Every wise man therefore will allow others the same liberty of thinking which he desires they should allow him, and will no more insist on their embracing his opinions than he would have them insist on his embracing theirs. He bears with those who differ from him, and only asks him with whom he desires to unite in love that single question: Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?
1771 text
6. Every wise man therefore will allow others the same liberty of thinking, which he desires they should allow him: and will no more insist on their embracing his opinions, than he would have them to insist on his embracing theirs. He bears with those who differ from him, and only asks him, with whom he desires to unite in love, that single question, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart?
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 39 in the 1771 Works. 2 Kings 10:15.
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