Below are some excerpts from the twelve rules of conduct written by John Wesley that every preacher was expected to use to govern his behavior :
1. Be diligent. Never unemployed a minute.
2. Be serious. Avoid all lightness and jesting.
3. Converse sparingly with women, particularly young women.
4. Believe evil of no one.
5. Speak evil of no one.
6. Tell everyone what you think wrong in him, “and that plainly, as soon as may be; else it will fester in your heart. Make all haste to cast the fire out of your bosom.”
7. Do not put on airs.
8. Be ashamed of nothing but sin.
9. Be punctual. Do everything exactly on time.
10. It is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society, but to save as many souls as you can.
11. Act in all things, not according to your own will, but as a son in the Gospel.
12. Take no step toward marriage without first consulting with the brethren(Elders).
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