[535]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. Pp. 7, 8.[536]Ibid. p. 9.[537]Ibid. p. 11.[538]Ibid. pp. 12-15.[539]Ibid. p. 18.[540]Ibid. p. 18.[541]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. P. 19.[542]Ibid. p. 19.[543]Ibid. pp. 20-22.[544]Ibid. pp. 23, 24.[545]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. Pp. 24, 25.[546]Ibid. pp. 25-27.[547]Ibid. pp. 27-30.[548]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. P. 30.[549]Ibid. p. 30.[550]Methodist Magazine, 1804, p. 269.[551]Evans’s “Sketch of all Religions.”[552]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 550.[553]Ibid. 1782, p. 667.[554]Ibid. 1801, p. 194.[555]Methodist Magazine, 1821, p. 883.[556]Life of Byrom, prefixed to his Poems.[557]Lloyd’s Evening Post, April 23, 1777.[558]Methodist Magazine, 1863, p. 905.[559]Methodist Magazine, 1863, p. 777.[560]Ibid. p. 599.[561]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiv., p. 272.[562]Ibid. vol. iii., p. 475.[563]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 432.[564]“Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon,” vol. i., p. 331; “Methodism in Sheffield,” p. 185; and manuscript letter of John Pawson.[565]Was this William Crabb, who left the itinerancy in 1764?[566]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 432.[567]Myles’s History, p. 88.[568]Olivers’ Letter to Toplady, 1771, p. 50.[569]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiv., p. 329.[570]Everett’s Life of Dr. A. Clarke, vol. i., p. 244.[571]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 114.[572]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 340.[573]The following are the first lines of the paragraphs, in Book I., which Wesley distinguishes as “peculiarly excellent.” They will serve as specimens of all the others.“Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view.”“Nine times the space that measures day and night.”“If thou art he; but oh how fallen! how changed!”“But see the angry Victor hath recalled.”“Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate.”“He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend.”“He called so loud, that all the hollow deep.”“These feminine. For spirits when they please.”“To flutes and soft recorders; such as raised.”“Their dread commander; he above the rest.”“He spake; and to confirm his words, out flew.”[574]Wesley’s Works, vol. ii., p. 441.[575]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 435.[576]London Magazine, 1765, p. 26.[577]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 439.[578]Monthly Review, 1764, p. 76.[579]Youth’s Instructor, 1832, p. 38.[580]Lady Huntingdon’s Life and Times, vol. i., p. 364.[581]Methodist Magazine, 1823, p. 568.[582]Hampson’s Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 32.[583]Manuscript.[584]Wesley’s Works, vol xii., p. 178.[585]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 117.[586]Ibid.[587]SeeMethodist Magazine, 1849, p. 1297.[588]Pawson’s “Affectionate Address,” 1795, p. 11.[589]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 163.[590]The new chapel was built of the old materials of St. Andrew’s church, which stood in the middle of St. Andrew’s Street, and was pulled down in 1763, because it was an annoyance to travellers. (Methodist Magazine, 1837, p. 423.)[591]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 120.[592]Methodist Magazine, 1837, p. 821.[593]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 499.[594]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 498.[595]See Hartley’s “Paradise Restored,” p. 169.[596]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., pp. 29, 30.[597]Methodist Magazine, 1827, p. 392.[598]Hartley’s “Paradise Restored,” p. 221.[599]See pp. 261, 262, of this volume.[600]The following is an extract from the last letter Wesley wrote to Hervey. “London,November 29, 1758. Dear Sir,—Every one is welcome to write what he pleases concerning me. But would it not be well for you to remember, that, before I published anything concerning you, I sent it to you in a private letter: that I waited for an answer for several months, but was not favoured with one line; that, when at length I published part of what I had sent to you, I did it in the most inoffensive manner possible, in the latter end of a larger work, purely designed topreservethose in connection with me from being tossed to and fro by various doctrines. What therefore I may fairly expect from my friend, is to mete to me with the same measure: to send to me first, in a private manner, any complaint he has against me: to wait as many months as I did; and if I give you none, or no satisfactory answer, then to lay the matter before the world, if you judge it will be to the glory of God. But whatever you do in this respect, one thing I request of you,—Give no countenance to that insolent, scurrilous, virulent libel, which bears the name of William Cudworth. Indeed, how you can converse with a man of his spirit, I cannot comprehend. O leave not your old well tried friends! The new is not comparable with them. I speak not this because I amafraidof what any one can say or do tome; but I am really concerned foryou. An evil man has gained the ascendant over you, and has persuaded a dying man, who had shunned it all his life, to enter into controversy as he is stepping into eternity! Put off your armour, my brother! You and I have no moments to spare. Let us employ them all in promoting peace and goodwill among men. And may the peace of God keep your heart and mind in Christ Jesus! So prays your affectionate brother and servant,John Wesley.” (Methodist Magazine, 1778, p. 136.)[601]Works of Hervey, folio edition, 1789, p. 444.[602]Preface to the Eleven Letters to Wesley.[603]Ibid. p. 83.[604]Ibid. p. 192.[605]Ibid. p. 255.[606]“Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon.”[607]The italics are not ours.[608]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 299.[609]Ibid.[610]Ball’s Memoirs.[611]Lloyd’s Evening Post.[612]Methodist Magazine, 1835, p. 123.[613]Lloyd’s Evening Post, Sept. 27, 1765.[614]Methodist Magazine, 1843, p. 380.[615]S. Bardsley’s manuscript journal.[616]Pawson’s “Affectionate Address,” p. 10.[617]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 495.[618]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 301.[619]Ibid. p. 302.[620]Methodist Magazine, 1799, p. 201.[621]Drew’s Life of Coke, p. 47.[622]Pritchard’s funeral sermon for Webb.[623]Sprague’s “Annals of American Methodist Pulpit.”[624]Methodist Magazine, 1799, p. 272.[625]Ibid. 1850, p. 161.[626]Wesley’s Works, vol. iii., p. 461.[627]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 391.[628]Methodist Magazine, 1849, p. 386.[629]Ibid. 1845, p. 427.[630]Dixon’s “Methodism in America,” p. 162.[631]Manuscript letter.[632]Stevens’ History of Methodist Episcopal Church, vol. i., p. 62.[633]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 179.[634]Dr. Adam Clarke, in the general preface to his commentary, says that Wesley’s notes on the Old Testament are “meagre and unsatisfactory”; and, that Wesley himself told him, that this was owing to “Mr. Pine, the printer, who having set up and printed off several sheets in a type much larger than was intended, it was found impossible to get the work within the prescribed limits offour volumes, without retrenching the notes, or cancelling what was already printed. The former measure was unfortunately adopted.” It is difficult to reconcile Clarke’s statement with Wesley’s advertisement.[635]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., pp. 335, 336.[636]Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 43.[637]C. Wesley’s Journal, vol. ii., p. 247.[638]Methodist Magazine, 1797, p. 304.[639]Walpole’s Letters, vol. v., p. 16.[640]Methodist Magazine, 1825, p. 653.[641]Methodist Magazine, 1785, p. 435.[642]Ibid. 1786, p. 171.[643]Taft’s “Memoirs of Holy Women.”[644]Methodist Magazine, 1834, p. 902.[645]Memoir of Entwisle, p. 306.[646]Methodist Magazine, 1780, p. 547.[647]Everett’s “Methodism in Sheffield.”[648]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 337.[649]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.[650]Methodist Magazine, 1798, p. 494.[651]Unpublished manuscript letter.[652]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 331.[653]Methodist Magazine, 1826, p. 464.[654]Gilbert’s Journal.[655]Methodist Magazine, 1824, p. 721.[656]Methodist Magazine, 1833, p. 750.[657]Lady Maxwell’s Life, p. 24.[658]“Lives of Early Methodist Preachers,” vol. i., p. 460.[659]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 250.[660]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 104.[661]Methodist Magazine, 1827, p. 458.[662]Watchmannewspaper, March 27, 1861.[663]“Methodism in Bradford,” by Stamp.[664]Manuscript.[665]Methodist Magazine, 1829, p. 32.[666]Gentleman’s Magazine, 1791, p. 489.[667]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 121.[668]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.[669]C. Wesley’s Life, vol. ii., p. 227.[670]Hampson’s Life of Wesley.[671]Minutes of Conference, 1766.[672]Lloyd’s Evening Post, Aug. 15, 1766.[673]As a specimen of Methodist learning and expenditure in early times, the following items are taken from the Shaftesbury society book, extending from September 3, 1762, to July 11, 1821.“1766. Nov. 2.—Paid forshoulingdirt £0 0 61767. Dec. 24.—Paid Mr. Mather’sQuarteridge1 4 0”[674]Christian Miscellany, 1854, p. 51.[675]Methodist Magazine, 1820, p. 542.[676]Memoirs of Trewavas, p. 174.[677]Methodist Magazine, 1783, pp. 387, 441.[678]Olivers’ “Rod for a Reviler.”[679]Mrs. Fletcher’s Life, p. 54.[680]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.[681]Mrs. Fletcher’s Life, p. 53.[682]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 288.[683]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 1168.[684]Lloyd’s Evening Post, July 25, 1766.[685]Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 291.[686]Jackson’s “Life of Charles Wesley,” vol. ii., p. 232.[687]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 345.[688]Ibid. p. 348.[689]Ibid. p. 351.[690]Ibid. p. 353.[691]Ibid. p. 354.[692]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 357.[693]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 123.[694]See p. 232 of this volume.[695]London Magazine, 1766, p. 90.[696]Liverpool society book.[697]Methodist Magazine, 1868, p. 919.[698]Ibid.[699]Irish Evangelist, Jan. 1, 1861.[700]Ibid vol. i., No. 11.[701]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiii., p. 345.[702]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 125.[703]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 320.[704]“Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 159; vol. i., p. 411.[705]Methodist Magazine, 1861, p. 985.[706]“Life of Venerable W. Clowes,” p. 159.[707]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 374.[708]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 577.[709]Methodist Magazine, 1855, p. 227.[710]Ibid. 1845, p. 577.[711]Ibid. 1855, p. 227.[712]Ibid. 1855, p. 227.[713]Manuscript letter.[714]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 579.[715]“Memoirs of Cornelius Winter,” by W. Jay, p. 63.[716]“Literary Anecdotes,” vol. ii., p. 380.[717]Wesley’s Works, vol. ix., p. 214.
[535]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. Pp. 7, 8.
[535]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. Pp. 7, 8.
[536]Ibid. p. 9.
[536]Ibid. p. 9.
[537]Ibid. p. 11.
[537]Ibid. p. 11.
[538]Ibid. pp. 12-15.
[538]Ibid. pp. 12-15.
[539]Ibid. p. 18.
[539]Ibid. p. 18.
[540]Ibid. p. 18.
[540]Ibid. p. 18.
[541]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. P. 19.
[541]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. P. 19.
[542]Ibid. p. 19.
[542]Ibid. p. 19.
[543]Ibid. pp. 20-22.
[543]Ibid. pp. 20-22.
[544]Ibid. pp. 23, 24.
[544]Ibid. pp. 23, 24.
[545]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. Pp. 24, 25.
[545]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. Pp. 24, 25.
[546]Ibid. pp. 25-27.
[546]Ibid. pp. 25-27.
[547]Ibid. pp. 27-30.
[547]Ibid. pp. 27-30.
[548]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. P. 30.
[548]“Minutes of Several Conversations,” etc. 1763: 12mo. 30 pages. P. 30.
[549]Ibid. p. 30.
[549]Ibid. p. 30.
[550]Methodist Magazine, 1804, p. 269.
[550]Methodist Magazine, 1804, p. 269.
[551]Evans’s “Sketch of all Religions.”
[551]Evans’s “Sketch of all Religions.”
[552]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 550.
[552]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 550.
[553]Ibid. 1782, p. 667.
[553]Ibid. 1782, p. 667.
[554]Ibid. 1801, p. 194.
[554]Ibid. 1801, p. 194.
[555]Methodist Magazine, 1821, p. 883.
[555]Methodist Magazine, 1821, p. 883.
[556]Life of Byrom, prefixed to his Poems.
[556]Life of Byrom, prefixed to his Poems.
[557]Lloyd’s Evening Post, April 23, 1777.
[557]Lloyd’s Evening Post, April 23, 1777.
[558]Methodist Magazine, 1863, p. 905.
[558]Methodist Magazine, 1863, p. 905.
[559]Methodist Magazine, 1863, p. 777.
[559]Methodist Magazine, 1863, p. 777.
[560]Ibid. p. 599.
[560]Ibid. p. 599.
[561]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiv., p. 272.
[561]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiv., p. 272.
[562]Ibid. vol. iii., p. 475.
[562]Ibid. vol. iii., p. 475.
[563]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 432.
[563]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 432.
[564]“Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon,” vol. i., p. 331; “Methodism in Sheffield,” p. 185; and manuscript letter of John Pawson.
[564]“Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon,” vol. i., p. 331; “Methodism in Sheffield,” p. 185; and manuscript letter of John Pawson.
[565]Was this William Crabb, who left the itinerancy in 1764?
[565]Was this William Crabb, who left the itinerancy in 1764?
[566]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 432.
[566]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 432.
[567]Myles’s History, p. 88.
[567]Myles’s History, p. 88.
[568]Olivers’ Letter to Toplady, 1771, p. 50.
[568]Olivers’ Letter to Toplady, 1771, p. 50.
[569]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiv., p. 329.
[569]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiv., p. 329.
[570]Everett’s Life of Dr. A. Clarke, vol. i., p. 244.
[570]Everett’s Life of Dr. A. Clarke, vol. i., p. 244.
[571]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 114.
[571]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 114.
[572]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 340.
[572]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., p. 340.
[573]The following are the first lines of the paragraphs, in Book I., which Wesley distinguishes as “peculiarly excellent.” They will serve as specimens of all the others.“Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view.”“Nine times the space that measures day and night.”“If thou art he; but oh how fallen! how changed!”“But see the angry Victor hath recalled.”“Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate.”“He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend.”“He called so loud, that all the hollow deep.”“These feminine. For spirits when they please.”“To flutes and soft recorders; such as raised.”“Their dread commander; he above the rest.”“He spake; and to confirm his words, out flew.”
[573]The following are the first lines of the paragraphs, in Book I., which Wesley distinguishes as “peculiarly excellent.” They will serve as specimens of all the others.
“Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view.”“Nine times the space that measures day and night.”“If thou art he; but oh how fallen! how changed!”“But see the angry Victor hath recalled.”“Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate.”“He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend.”“He called so loud, that all the hollow deep.”“These feminine. For spirits when they please.”“To flutes and soft recorders; such as raised.”“Their dread commander; he above the rest.”“He spake; and to confirm his words, out flew.”
“Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view.”“Nine times the space that measures day and night.”“If thou art he; but oh how fallen! how changed!”“But see the angry Victor hath recalled.”“Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate.”“He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend.”“He called so loud, that all the hollow deep.”“These feminine. For spirits when they please.”“To flutes and soft recorders; such as raised.”“Their dread commander; he above the rest.”“He spake; and to confirm his words, out flew.”
“Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view.”
“Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view.”
“Nine times the space that measures day and night.”
“Nine times the space that measures day and night.”
“If thou art he; but oh how fallen! how changed!”
“If thou art he; but oh how fallen! how changed!”
“But see the angry Victor hath recalled.”
“But see the angry Victor hath recalled.”
“Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate.”
“Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate.”
“He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend.”
“He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend.”
“He called so loud, that all the hollow deep.”
“He called so loud, that all the hollow deep.”
“These feminine. For spirits when they please.”
“These feminine. For spirits when they please.”
“To flutes and soft recorders; such as raised.”
“To flutes and soft recorders; such as raised.”
“Their dread commander; he above the rest.”
“Their dread commander; he above the rest.”
“He spake; and to confirm his words, out flew.”
“He spake; and to confirm his words, out flew.”
[574]Wesley’s Works, vol. ii., p. 441.
[574]Wesley’s Works, vol. ii., p. 441.
[575]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 435.
[575]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 435.
[576]London Magazine, 1765, p. 26.
[576]London Magazine, 1765, p. 26.
[577]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 439.
[577]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 439.
[578]Monthly Review, 1764, p. 76.
[578]Monthly Review, 1764, p. 76.
[579]Youth’s Instructor, 1832, p. 38.
[579]Youth’s Instructor, 1832, p. 38.
[580]Lady Huntingdon’s Life and Times, vol. i., p. 364.
[580]Lady Huntingdon’s Life and Times, vol. i., p. 364.
[581]Methodist Magazine, 1823, p. 568.
[581]Methodist Magazine, 1823, p. 568.
[582]Hampson’s Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 32.
[582]Hampson’s Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 32.
[583]Manuscript.
[583]Manuscript.
[584]Wesley’s Works, vol xii., p. 178.
[584]Wesley’s Works, vol xii., p. 178.
[585]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 117.
[585]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 117.
[586]Ibid.
[586]Ibid.
[587]SeeMethodist Magazine, 1849, p. 1297.
[587]SeeMethodist Magazine, 1849, p. 1297.
[588]Pawson’s “Affectionate Address,” 1795, p. 11.
[588]Pawson’s “Affectionate Address,” 1795, p. 11.
[589]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 163.
[589]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 163.
[590]The new chapel was built of the old materials of St. Andrew’s church, which stood in the middle of St. Andrew’s Street, and was pulled down in 1763, because it was an annoyance to travellers. (Methodist Magazine, 1837, p. 423.)
[590]The new chapel was built of the old materials of St. Andrew’s church, which stood in the middle of St. Andrew’s Street, and was pulled down in 1763, because it was an annoyance to travellers. (Methodist Magazine, 1837, p. 423.)
[591]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 120.
[591]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 120.
[592]Methodist Magazine, 1837, p. 821.
[592]Methodist Magazine, 1837, p. 821.
[593]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 499.
[593]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 499.
[594]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 498.
[594]Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 498.
[595]See Hartley’s “Paradise Restored,” p. 169.
[595]See Hartley’s “Paradise Restored,” p. 169.
[596]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., pp. 29, 30.
[596]Wesley’s Works, vol. x., pp. 29, 30.
[597]Methodist Magazine, 1827, p. 392.
[597]Methodist Magazine, 1827, p. 392.
[598]Hartley’s “Paradise Restored,” p. 221.
[598]Hartley’s “Paradise Restored,” p. 221.
[599]See pp. 261, 262, of this volume.
[599]See pp. 261, 262, of this volume.
[600]The following is an extract from the last letter Wesley wrote to Hervey. “London,November 29, 1758. Dear Sir,—Every one is welcome to write what he pleases concerning me. But would it not be well for you to remember, that, before I published anything concerning you, I sent it to you in a private letter: that I waited for an answer for several months, but was not favoured with one line; that, when at length I published part of what I had sent to you, I did it in the most inoffensive manner possible, in the latter end of a larger work, purely designed topreservethose in connection with me from being tossed to and fro by various doctrines. What therefore I may fairly expect from my friend, is to mete to me with the same measure: to send to me first, in a private manner, any complaint he has against me: to wait as many months as I did; and if I give you none, or no satisfactory answer, then to lay the matter before the world, if you judge it will be to the glory of God. But whatever you do in this respect, one thing I request of you,—Give no countenance to that insolent, scurrilous, virulent libel, which bears the name of William Cudworth. Indeed, how you can converse with a man of his spirit, I cannot comprehend. O leave not your old well tried friends! The new is not comparable with them. I speak not this because I amafraidof what any one can say or do tome; but I am really concerned foryou. An evil man has gained the ascendant over you, and has persuaded a dying man, who had shunned it all his life, to enter into controversy as he is stepping into eternity! Put off your armour, my brother! You and I have no moments to spare. Let us employ them all in promoting peace and goodwill among men. And may the peace of God keep your heart and mind in Christ Jesus! So prays your affectionate brother and servant,John Wesley.” (Methodist Magazine, 1778, p. 136.)
[600]The following is an extract from the last letter Wesley wrote to Hervey. “London,November 29, 1758. Dear Sir,—Every one is welcome to write what he pleases concerning me. But would it not be well for you to remember, that, before I published anything concerning you, I sent it to you in a private letter: that I waited for an answer for several months, but was not favoured with one line; that, when at length I published part of what I had sent to you, I did it in the most inoffensive manner possible, in the latter end of a larger work, purely designed topreservethose in connection with me from being tossed to and fro by various doctrines. What therefore I may fairly expect from my friend, is to mete to me with the same measure: to send to me first, in a private manner, any complaint he has against me: to wait as many months as I did; and if I give you none, or no satisfactory answer, then to lay the matter before the world, if you judge it will be to the glory of God. But whatever you do in this respect, one thing I request of you,—Give no countenance to that insolent, scurrilous, virulent libel, which bears the name of William Cudworth. Indeed, how you can converse with a man of his spirit, I cannot comprehend. O leave not your old well tried friends! The new is not comparable with them. I speak not this because I amafraidof what any one can say or do tome; but I am really concerned foryou. An evil man has gained the ascendant over you, and has persuaded a dying man, who had shunned it all his life, to enter into controversy as he is stepping into eternity! Put off your armour, my brother! You and I have no moments to spare. Let us employ them all in promoting peace and goodwill among men. And may the peace of God keep your heart and mind in Christ Jesus! So prays your affectionate brother and servant,John Wesley.” (Methodist Magazine, 1778, p. 136.)
[601]Works of Hervey, folio edition, 1789, p. 444.
[601]Works of Hervey, folio edition, 1789, p. 444.
[602]Preface to the Eleven Letters to Wesley.
[602]Preface to the Eleven Letters to Wesley.
[603]Ibid. p. 83.
[603]Ibid. p. 83.
[604]Ibid. p. 192.
[604]Ibid. p. 192.
[605]Ibid. p. 255.
[605]Ibid. p. 255.
[606]“Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon.”
[606]“Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon.”
[607]The italics are not ours.
[607]The italics are not ours.
[608]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 299.
[608]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 299.
[609]Ibid.
[609]Ibid.
[610]Ball’s Memoirs.
[610]Ball’s Memoirs.
[611]Lloyd’s Evening Post.
[611]Lloyd’s Evening Post.
[612]Methodist Magazine, 1835, p. 123.
[612]Methodist Magazine, 1835, p. 123.
[613]Lloyd’s Evening Post, Sept. 27, 1765.
[613]Lloyd’s Evening Post, Sept. 27, 1765.
[614]Methodist Magazine, 1843, p. 380.
[614]Methodist Magazine, 1843, p. 380.
[615]S. Bardsley’s manuscript journal.
[615]S. Bardsley’s manuscript journal.
[616]Pawson’s “Affectionate Address,” p. 10.
[616]Pawson’s “Affectionate Address,” p. 10.
[617]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 495.
[617]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 495.
[618]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 301.
[618]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 301.
[619]Ibid. p. 302.
[619]Ibid. p. 302.
[620]Methodist Magazine, 1799, p. 201.
[620]Methodist Magazine, 1799, p. 201.
[621]Drew’s Life of Coke, p. 47.
[621]Drew’s Life of Coke, p. 47.
[622]Pritchard’s funeral sermon for Webb.
[622]Pritchard’s funeral sermon for Webb.
[623]Sprague’s “Annals of American Methodist Pulpit.”
[623]Sprague’s “Annals of American Methodist Pulpit.”
[624]Methodist Magazine, 1799, p. 272.
[624]Methodist Magazine, 1799, p. 272.
[625]Ibid. 1850, p. 161.
[625]Ibid. 1850, p. 161.
[626]Wesley’s Works, vol. iii., p. 461.
[626]Wesley’s Works, vol. iii., p. 461.
[627]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 391.
[627]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 391.
[628]Methodist Magazine, 1849, p. 386.
[628]Methodist Magazine, 1849, p. 386.
[629]Ibid. 1845, p. 427.
[629]Ibid. 1845, p. 427.
[630]Dixon’s “Methodism in America,” p. 162.
[630]Dixon’s “Methodism in America,” p. 162.
[631]Manuscript letter.
[631]Manuscript letter.
[632]Stevens’ History of Methodist Episcopal Church, vol. i., p. 62.
[632]Stevens’ History of Methodist Episcopal Church, vol. i., p. 62.
[633]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 179.
[633]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 179.
[634]Dr. Adam Clarke, in the general preface to his commentary, says that Wesley’s notes on the Old Testament are “meagre and unsatisfactory”; and, that Wesley himself told him, that this was owing to “Mr. Pine, the printer, who having set up and printed off several sheets in a type much larger than was intended, it was found impossible to get the work within the prescribed limits offour volumes, without retrenching the notes, or cancelling what was already printed. The former measure was unfortunately adopted.” It is difficult to reconcile Clarke’s statement with Wesley’s advertisement.
[634]Dr. Adam Clarke, in the general preface to his commentary, says that Wesley’s notes on the Old Testament are “meagre and unsatisfactory”; and, that Wesley himself told him, that this was owing to “Mr. Pine, the printer, who having set up and printed off several sheets in a type much larger than was intended, it was found impossible to get the work within the prescribed limits offour volumes, without retrenching the notes, or cancelling what was already printed. The former measure was unfortunately adopted.” It is difficult to reconcile Clarke’s statement with Wesley’s advertisement.
[635]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., pp. 335, 336.
[635]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., pp. 335, 336.
[636]Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 43.
[636]Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 43.
[637]C. Wesley’s Journal, vol. ii., p. 247.
[637]C. Wesley’s Journal, vol. ii., p. 247.
[638]Methodist Magazine, 1797, p. 304.
[638]Methodist Magazine, 1797, p. 304.
[639]Walpole’s Letters, vol. v., p. 16.
[639]Walpole’s Letters, vol. v., p. 16.
[640]Methodist Magazine, 1825, p. 653.
[640]Methodist Magazine, 1825, p. 653.
[641]Methodist Magazine, 1785, p. 435.
[641]Methodist Magazine, 1785, p. 435.
[642]Ibid. 1786, p. 171.
[642]Ibid. 1786, p. 171.
[643]Taft’s “Memoirs of Holy Women.”
[643]Taft’s “Memoirs of Holy Women.”
[644]Methodist Magazine, 1834, p. 902.
[644]Methodist Magazine, 1834, p. 902.
[645]Memoir of Entwisle, p. 306.
[645]Memoir of Entwisle, p. 306.
[646]Methodist Magazine, 1780, p. 547.
[646]Methodist Magazine, 1780, p. 547.
[647]Everett’s “Methodism in Sheffield.”
[647]Everett’s “Methodism in Sheffield.”
[648]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 337.
[648]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 337.
[649]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.
[649]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.
[650]Methodist Magazine, 1798, p. 494.
[650]Methodist Magazine, 1798, p. 494.
[651]Unpublished manuscript letter.
[651]Unpublished manuscript letter.
[652]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 331.
[652]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 331.
[653]Methodist Magazine, 1826, p. 464.
[653]Methodist Magazine, 1826, p. 464.
[654]Gilbert’s Journal.
[654]Gilbert’s Journal.
[655]Methodist Magazine, 1824, p. 721.
[655]Methodist Magazine, 1824, p. 721.
[656]Methodist Magazine, 1833, p. 750.
[656]Methodist Magazine, 1833, p. 750.
[657]Lady Maxwell’s Life, p. 24.
[657]Lady Maxwell’s Life, p. 24.
[658]“Lives of Early Methodist Preachers,” vol. i., p. 460.
[658]“Lives of Early Methodist Preachers,” vol. i., p. 460.
[659]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 250.
[659]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 250.
[660]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 104.
[660]Methodist Magazine, 1782, p. 104.
[661]Methodist Magazine, 1827, p. 458.
[661]Methodist Magazine, 1827, p. 458.
[662]Watchmannewspaper, March 27, 1861.
[662]Watchmannewspaper, March 27, 1861.
[663]“Methodism in Bradford,” by Stamp.
[663]“Methodism in Bradford,” by Stamp.
[664]Manuscript.
[664]Manuscript.
[665]Methodist Magazine, 1829, p. 32.
[665]Methodist Magazine, 1829, p. 32.
[666]Gentleman’s Magazine, 1791, p. 489.
[666]Gentleman’s Magazine, 1791, p. 489.
[667]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 121.
[667]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 121.
[668]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.
[668]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.
[669]C. Wesley’s Life, vol. ii., p. 227.
[669]C. Wesley’s Life, vol. ii., p. 227.
[670]Hampson’s Life of Wesley.
[670]Hampson’s Life of Wesley.
[671]Minutes of Conference, 1766.
[671]Minutes of Conference, 1766.
[672]Lloyd’s Evening Post, Aug. 15, 1766.
[672]Lloyd’s Evening Post, Aug. 15, 1766.
[673]As a specimen of Methodist learning and expenditure in early times, the following items are taken from the Shaftesbury society book, extending from September 3, 1762, to July 11, 1821.“1766. Nov. 2.—Paid forshoulingdirt £0 0 61767. Dec. 24.—Paid Mr. Mather’sQuarteridge1 4 0”
[673]As a specimen of Methodist learning and expenditure in early times, the following items are taken from the Shaftesbury society book, extending from September 3, 1762, to July 11, 1821.
“1766. Nov. 2.—Paid forshoulingdirt £0 0 61767. Dec. 24.—Paid Mr. Mather’sQuarteridge1 4 0”
[674]Christian Miscellany, 1854, p. 51.
[674]Christian Miscellany, 1854, p. 51.
[675]Methodist Magazine, 1820, p. 542.
[675]Methodist Magazine, 1820, p. 542.
[676]Memoirs of Trewavas, p. 174.
[676]Memoirs of Trewavas, p. 174.
[677]Methodist Magazine, 1783, pp. 387, 441.
[677]Methodist Magazine, 1783, pp. 387, 441.
[678]Olivers’ “Rod for a Reviler.”
[678]Olivers’ “Rod for a Reviler.”
[679]Mrs. Fletcher’s Life, p. 54.
[679]Mrs. Fletcher’s Life, p. 54.
[680]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.
[680]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 122.
[681]Mrs. Fletcher’s Life, p. 53.
[681]Mrs. Fletcher’s Life, p. 53.
[682]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 288.
[682]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 288.
[683]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 1168.
[683]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 1168.
[684]Lloyd’s Evening Post, July 25, 1766.
[684]Lloyd’s Evening Post, July 25, 1766.
[685]Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 291.
[685]Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 291.
[686]Jackson’s “Life of Charles Wesley,” vol. ii., p. 232.
[686]Jackson’s “Life of Charles Wesley,” vol. ii., p. 232.
[687]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 345.
[687]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 345.
[688]Ibid. p. 348.
[688]Ibid. p. 348.
[689]Ibid. p. 351.
[689]Ibid. p. 351.
[690]Ibid. p. 353.
[690]Ibid. p. 353.
[691]Ibid. p. 354.
[691]Ibid. p. 354.
[692]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 357.
[692]Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 357.
[693]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 123.
[693]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 123.
[694]See p. 232 of this volume.
[694]See p. 232 of this volume.
[695]London Magazine, 1766, p. 90.
[695]London Magazine, 1766, p. 90.
[696]Liverpool society book.
[696]Liverpool society book.
[697]Methodist Magazine, 1868, p. 919.
[697]Methodist Magazine, 1868, p. 919.
[698]Ibid.
[698]Ibid.
[699]Irish Evangelist, Jan. 1, 1861.
[699]Irish Evangelist, Jan. 1, 1861.
[700]Ibid vol. i., No. 11.
[700]Ibid vol. i., No. 11.
[701]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiii., p. 345.
[701]Wesley’s Works, vol. xiii., p. 345.
[702]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 125.
[702]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 125.
[703]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 320.
[703]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 320.
[704]“Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 159; vol. i., p. 411.
[704]“Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 159; vol. i., p. 411.
[705]Methodist Magazine, 1861, p. 985.
[705]Methodist Magazine, 1861, p. 985.
[706]“Life of Venerable W. Clowes,” p. 159.
[706]“Life of Venerable W. Clowes,” p. 159.
[707]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 374.
[707]Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 374.
[708]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 577.
[708]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 577.
[709]Methodist Magazine, 1855, p. 227.
[709]Methodist Magazine, 1855, p. 227.
[710]Ibid. 1845, p. 577.
[710]Ibid. 1845, p. 577.
[711]Ibid. 1855, p. 227.
[711]Ibid. 1855, p. 227.
[712]Ibid. 1855, p. 227.
[712]Ibid. 1855, p. 227.
[713]Manuscript letter.
[713]Manuscript letter.
[714]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 579.
[714]Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 579.
[715]“Memoirs of Cornelius Winter,” by W. Jay, p. 63.
[715]“Memoirs of Cornelius Winter,” by W. Jay, p. 63.
[716]“Literary Anecdotes,” vol. ii., p. 380.
[716]“Literary Anecdotes,” vol. ii., p. 380.
[717]Wesley’s Works, vol. ix., p. 214.
[717]Wesley’s Works, vol. ix., p. 214.