Wesley Corpus

* N.B. That is, in the year 1737. Several years before which, he was elected one of the four public teachers of the Church; which office he retains to this dw. Now which of the two consequences will you choose, (for one or the other is unavoidable,) either that a man may preach the Gospel (yea, and with the demonstration of the Spirit) who has no faith: or that a man who has a degree of true faith, may yet have doubts and fears ? ~~ Aug. 1738.] REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 93 more clear to me by the account I received in the afternoon from a student at Hernhuth, Arsinus Turoporus Freprr :-- “J,” said he, “for three years fought against sin with all my might, by fasting and prayer, and all the other means of grace. But notwithstanding all my endeavours, I gained no ground; sin still prevailed over me; till at last, not knowing what to do further, I was on the very brink of despair. Then it was, that, having no other refuge left, I fled to my Saviour as one lost and undone, and that had no hope but in his power and free mercy. In that moment I found my heart at rest, in good hope that my sins were forgiven; of which I had a stronger assurance six weeks after, when I received the Lord’s Supper here. But I dare not affirm, Iam a child of God; neither have I the seal of the Spirit. Yet I go on quietly doing my Saviour’s will, taking shelter in his wounds, from all trouble and sin, and knowing he will perfect his work in his own time.