Wesley Corpus

Tues. 19.--Mr. Wh showed me the letters he had lately received from the Count Coffart, P. Bohler, and James Hutton. I was amazed. Either furious anger or settled contempt breathed in every one of them. Were they ashamed after all the abominations they had committed? No; they were not ashamed: they turned the tables upon Mr. Wh Cc protested before God, he had never made Lynde any offer at all. TheC blustered, like himself, and roundly averred, he could _ say something if he would. J. H. said flat, “ You have more than diabolical impudence : I believe the devil himself has not so much.” Sun. 24.---Mr. Walsh preached at Short’s Gardens in Irish. Abundance of his countrymen flocked to hear, and some were cut to the heart. How many means does God use, to bring poor wanderers back to himself! Sun. July 1.--He preached in Irish in Moorfields. The congregation was exceeding large, and behaved seriously ; though probably many of them came purely to hear what manner of language it was. For the sake of these he preached afterward in English, if by any means he might gain some. Tues. 3.--I rode over to Mr. K: ’s, at Taddington, ‘an Israelite indeed.”” Dr. Hales sent after dinner to desire our company, and showed us several experiments. How well do philosophy and religion agree in a man of sound understanding ! Sun. 8.--After preaching at the chapel, morning and afternoon, I took horse with Mr. P. We had designed to ride only two or three hours, in order to shorten the next day’s journey. But a young man, who overtook us near Kingston, induced us to change our purpose. So we only rested about half an hour at Cobham ; and, leaving it between nine and ten, rode on softly in a calm, moonshiny night, and about twelve came to Godalming. We took horse again at half an hour past four, and reached Portsmouth about one.