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Chapter 1: The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A.
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The volume assembles sermons, devotional journals, and biographical extracts emphasizing spiritual experience, pastoral counsel, and missionary service. It presents extended life-and-death narratives of figures such as Thomas Walsh and David Brainerd, daily spiritual examinations, accounts of illness and perseverance, and an account of missionary work among Native communities. Interleaved are doctrinal and practical reflections on prayer, humility, holiness, and the duties of ministry, accompanied by transcriber notes that clarify punctuation and orthography for modern readers.

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Title: The works of the Rev. John Wesley, Vol. 12 (of 32)

Author: John Wesley

Release date: May 20, 2024 [eBook #73657]

Language: English

Original publication: Bristol: William Pine, 1771

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The Works of the
Rev. John Wesley, M.A.

Transcriber’s Notes

The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Punctuation has been standardized.

Most of the non-common abbreviations used to save space in printing have been expanded to the non-abbreviated form for easier reading.

The author has used an asterisk (*) to indicate passages he considers most worthy of attention.

The text is very inconsistent in its usage of quotation marks. The transcriber has attempted to make their use consistent throughout this work for improved readability.

This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note.

The symbol ‘‡’ indicates the description in parenthesis has been added to an illustration. This may be needed if there is no caption or if the caption does not describe the image adequately.

Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number and are shown immediately below the paragraph in which they appear.

Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes are identified by ♦♠♥♣ symbols in the text and are shown immediately below the paragraph in which they appear.

THE

WORKS

OF THE

Rev. JOHN WESLEY, M.A.

Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford.

Volume XII.

BRISTOL:

Printed by WILLIAM PINE, in Wine-Street.

MDCCLXXII.

THE

CONTENTS

Of the Twelfth Volume.

An Extract of the Life and Death of
Thomas Walsh.

PART III.

Chapter IV. Of his last sickness.

An Extract of the Life of the late Rev.
Mr. David Brainerd.

Part I. From his birth to the time when he began to devote himself to the study of divinity.

Part II. From the time that he began to devote himself to the study of divinity, till he was examined and licensed to preach.

Part III. From the time of his being licensed to preach, till he was appointed missionary to the Indians.

Part IV. From the time of his being appointed missionary, to his entrance on his mission among the Indians at Kaunaumeek.

Part V. From his first beginning to instruct the Indians at Kaunaumeek, to his ordination.

Part VI. From his ordination, till he began to preach to the Indians at Crosweeksung.

Part VII. From his first beginning to preach to the Indians at Crosweeksung, till he returned from his last journey to Susquahannah.

Part VIII. After his return from his last journey to Susquahannah, until his death.