[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] 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.