Wesley Corpus

And if I saw the men, I should know them again. “We went back to Bradford that night; and the next day I went with our neighbours and showed them the spot where he was killed, and the pit he was thrown into; and a man went down and brought him up. And it was as I had told them; his handkerchief was tied about his mouth, and fastened behind his neck.” Is it improbable only, or flatly impossible, when all the circumstances are considered, that this should all be pure fiction? They that can believe this, may believe a man's getting into a bottle. 70 REv. J. wesDEY’s [July, 1761. From Bramley I rode to Kippax. Mr. Venn came a little after we were gone into the church. Mr. Romaine read Prayers. I preached on, “Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness.” O why should they who agree in this great point, fall out about smaller things? Sat. 25.--About one, I preached at Seacroft, and found several who believed God had saved them from sin. In the evening I talked with twelve or fourteen of these particularly; but I found not one who presumed to say that he did not need the atoning blood: Nor could I hear of any more than two persons that ever spoke in this manner; and these were soon after, for that reason, expelled out of Otley society. Sun. 26.--I preached at seven on, “Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” And O what a flame did God. kindle ! Many were “on fire, to be dissolved in love.” About one I preached to the usual congregation at Birstal. What a work is God working here also ! Six in one class have, within this week, found peace with God; two this morning in meeting the class. While I was praying on Sunday evening that God would give us a token for good, James Eastwood was set at full liberty; as were William Wilson and Elizabeth his wife before, and Martha his daughter, with Agnes Gooddel, on the Wednesday after. To these were added, Joseph Newsam, and Richard Hellewell, sixteen years of age. So that the oldest of our believers now cry out, “We never saw it before on this fashion l” Mon.