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The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

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A chronological account traces the subject's later ministry, detailing preaching tours, health and household matters, disputes with fellow evangelists, and theological debates such as the Calvinist controversy and disagreements over female preaching. It surveys the expansion and organization of the movement in Britain, Ireland, and America, chapel finances, training institutions, and publishing efforts, while also attending to pastoral correspondence, issues of discipline and Christian perfection, responses to political events, and efforts to secure institutional continuity.

FOOTNOTES:

[49] “Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 126.

[50] Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii., p. 387.

[51] Methodist Magazine, 1783, p. 273.

[52] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 321.

[53] Ibid. vol. xii., p. 331.

[54] Taylor’s “Redeeming Grace,” p. 49; and Wesley’s Works, vol. iii., p. 350.

[55] Wesley’s Works, vol. iv., pp. 16, 173, 222.

[56] Methodist Magazine, 1784, p. 165.

[57] Irish Evangelist, May, 1862.

[58] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 362.

[59] C. Wesley’s Journal, vol. ii., p. 117.

[60] Smith’s History of Methodism, vol. i., p. 380.

[61] Methodist Magazine, 1784, p. 112.

[62] Smith’s History of Methodism, vol. i., p. 387.

[63] Rule’s “Memoir of a Mission to Gibraltar,” p. 5.

[64] Wesley’s Works, vol. vii., p. 392.

[65] About the same time, Thomas Bell, at Charlestown, wrote as follows: “Mr. Wesley says, the first message of the preachers is to the lost sheep of England. And are there none in America? They have strayed from England into the wild woods here, and they are running wild after this world. They are drinking their wine in bowls, and are jumping and dancing, and serving the devil, in the groves and under the green trees. And are not these lost sheep? And will none of the preachers come here? Where is Mr. Brownfield? Where is John Pawson? Where is Nicholas Manners? Are they living, and will they not come?”—(“The Centenary of Methodism,” published by the Primitive Methodists in Ireland, in 1839, p. 189.)

[66] Methodist Magazine, 1845, p. 578.

[67] Ibid. 1783, p. 276; and 1784, p. 163.

[68] Lloyd’s Evening Post, May 26, 1769.

[69] Methodist Magazine, 1799, p. 253.

[70] “Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 99.

[71] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 383.

[72] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 384.

[73] Methodist Magazine, 1836, p. 52.

[74] Ibid. 1815, p. 46.

[75] “Methodism in Frome,” by Tuck, p. 42.

[76] Miss Perronet’s manuscript letters; and Methodist Magazine, 1811, p. 234.

[77] Wesley’s Works, vol. xiii., p. 42; and manuscript letter.

[78] Sellon’s book was not published till 1770, and seems to have been revised by Wesley, who also approved of his dealing with Toplady in a separate pamphlet. Hence the following, addressed to Sellon.

“Lewisham, February 21, 1770.

“My dear Brother,—Do not make too much haste. Give everything the last touch. It will be enough, if the papers meet me at Manchester, before the end of March. I believe it will be the best way to bestow a distinct pamphlet on that exquisite coxcomb. Surely wisdom will die with him! I believe we can easily get his other tract, which it would be well to sift to the very foundation, in order to stop the mouth of that vain boaster. I am, etc., John Wesley.”—(Manuscript letter.)