Wesley Corpus

Thur. 5.--At five in the evening I began at a society in Castlestreet, expounding the Epistle to the Romans ; and the next evening at « society in Gloucester-lane, the first Epistle of St. John. On Saturday evening, at Weaver’s Hall, also, I begun expounding the Epistle to the Romans; and declared that Gospel to all, which is the “ power of God unto salvation, to every one that believeth.” Sun. 8.--At seven in the morning I preached to about a thousand persons at Bristol, and afterward to about fifteen hundred on the top of Hannam Mount in Kingswood. I called to them in the words of the evangelical prophet, “‘Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters ; come and buy wine and milk, without money, and without price.” About five thousand were in the afternoon at Rose Green; (on the other side of Kingswood ;) among whom I stood and cried, in the name of the Lord, ‘If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that belieyeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” Tues. 10.--I was desired to go to Bath; where I offered to about a thousand souls, the free grace of God to “ heal their backsliding ;” and in the morning to (I believe) more than two thousand. I preaclied to about the same number at Baptist Mills in the afternoon, on, “Christ, made of God unto us, wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.” Sat. 14.--I preached at the poor house ; three or four hundred were within, and more than twice that number without : to whom I explained those comfortable words, “ When they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.” Sun. 15.--I explained at seven to five or six thousand persons, the story of the Pharisee and the Pup.can. About three thousand were present at Hannam Mount. Pe Yee oe 128 REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [April, 1739