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] See _Methodist 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 to _preserve_ those 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 am _afraid_ of what any one can say or do to _me_; but I am really concerned for _you_. 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 of _four 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] _Watchman_ newspaper, 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 for _shouling_ dirt £0 0 6 1767. Dec. 24.—Paid Mr. Mather’s _Quarteridge_ 1 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.