Wesley Corpus

M'Bride’s “Practice of Physic.” Undoubtedly it is an ingenious book; yet it did not answer my expectation. Several things I could contradict from my own experience; e.g., he says, “All fevers are attended with thirst and vigilia.” Nay, in two violent fevers I had no thirst at all, and slept rather more than when I was in health. Tues. 19.--I went forward to Taunton, with Dr. Coke, who, being dismissed from his Curacy, has bid adieu to his honourable name, and determined to cast in his lot with Oct. 1777.] JOURNAL. 109 us. In the evening I endeavoured to guard all who love or fear God against that miserable bigotry which many of our mistaken brethren are advancing with all their might. Wed. 20.--I preached at Tiverton; Thursday, 21, at Laun ceston; Friday, 22, about ten, in Bodmin. Thence I went on to Cubert; and found that venerable old man, Mr. Hos kins, calmly waiting for his discharge from the body. Saturday, 23. At noon, I preached in Redruth; and in the evening, on the Cliff of St. Ives. In the following week I visited most of the western societies; and on Saturday, 30, had the Quarterly Meeting. I now inquired oarticularly, whether the societies were increasing or decreasing. I could not hear of a decrease in any ; but several were swiftly increasing; particularly those of St. Just, Penzance, and Helstone. Sun. 31.-I preached in the morning at St. Agnes; in the evening to the huge congregation at Gwennap; larger (it was supposed) by fifteen hundred or two thousand, than ever it had been before. Sat. SEPTEMBER 27.--Having abundance of letters from Dublin, informing me that the society there was in the utmost confusion, by reason of some of the chief members, whom the Preachers had thought it needful to exclude from the society; and finding all I could write was not sufficient to stop the grow ing evil; I saw but one way remaining, to go myself, and that as soon as possible. So the next day I took chaise with Mr. Goodwin, and made straight for Mr. Bowen's, at Llyngwair, in Pembrokeshire; hoping to borrow his sloop, and so cross over to Dublin without delay. I came to Llyngwair on Tuesday, 30.