Wesley Corpus

I now judged, I had fully delivered my own soul: And in the morning, the wind serving for Guernsey, and not for Southampton, I returned thither not unwillingly; since it was not by my choice, but by the clear providence of God; for in the afternoon I was offered the use of the assembly-room; a spacious chamber in the market-place, which would contain at least thrice as many as our former Room. I willingly accepted the offer, and preached at six to such a congregation as I had not seen here before; and the word seemed to sink deep into their hearts. I trust it will not return empty. Wed. 29.--I designed to have followed the blow in the morn ing; but I had quite lost my voice. However, it was restored in the evening; and I believe all in the assembly-room (more than the last evening) heard distinctly, while I explained and applied, “I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.” In the morning, Thursday, 30, I took a solemn leave of the society. We set out about nine, and reached St. Peter's in the afternoon. Good is the will of the Lord. I trust he has something more for us to do here also. After preaching to a larger congregation than was expected on so short a notice, on, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself.” I returned to Mont-Plaisir, to stay just as long as it should Sept. 1787.] JOURNAL. 397 please God. I preached there in the morning, Friday, 31, to a congregs'ion serious as death. Afterwards I looked over Archbishcp Usher's Letters; and was surprised to find that great man was fully convinced, l. That the Septuagint translation continually adds to, takes from, and changes, the Hebrew text at pleasure: 2. That this could not possibly be owing to mistake, but must have been done by design : 3. That the original translation of it was lost long ago; and what has ever since gone under that name is a spurious copy, abounding with omissions, additions, and alterations of the Hebrew text; yet not such as any way destroy the foundation. I designed to preach abroad in the evening, but the furious wind drove us into the House. However, our labour was not lost; for many felt the sharpness of the two-edged sword, while I was expounding Gal. vi. 14. Sat.