Wesley Corpus

of love, and full of God. I had the witness in myself, that he had made an end of sin, and taken my whole heart for ever. And from that moment I have never lost the witness, nor felt any thing in my heart but pure love." The rain constrained me to preach within at eight, though the house would ill contain the congregation ; but we prayed that God, if he saw good would " stay the bottles of heaven," for the sake of those at Wednesbury. And before we came thither, the rain stayed, so that I proclaimed Chnist crucified, in the open air, to such a congregation as no house could have contained. At five I preached to a still larger congregation, on, " He that believeth shall be saved." Assoon as I had done, the rain returned, and continued great part of the night. In the evening I preached at Bilbrook, to an earnest congregation, and joined twenty of them in a society ; one of whom had Christ clearly revealed in him thirty years ago: but he could find none who understood what he said, till the Methodists (so called) came. He clave to them immediately ; rejoicing with them, and over them, who were partakers of like precious faith. Between Nantwich and Poole, a thick, black cloud came across us; out of which issued such a violent wind, as was ready to bear us off our horses. But in five minutes' time the wind fell, and the cloud bore clear away. The congregation at Chester in the evening was as quiet and serious as that at the Foundery: and the society was near a third part larger than when I was here in autumn. I rode to Liverpool, where I found about half of those I left in the society. James S ld had swept away the rest, in order to which he had told lies inpumerable. But none who make lies their refuge will prosper. A little while and his building will moulder away.