“Justification,” said John Wesley, “God does for us; sanctification, God does in us.” Thus far he agreed with the Reformed tradition. But Wesley also believed that sanctification culminated in the dramatic experience of a second work of grace, given by God and appropriated by faith, whereby the believer attained Christian perfection. This was not a sinless perfection, nor did it preclude the believer’s growth in grace, but was defined as freedom from all conscious, or intentional, sin—a perfection