Wesley Corpus

morning, and at four in the afternoon to the poor colliers, at a place about the middle of Kingswood, called Two-Mile-Hill. In the evening at Baldwin-street, a young man, after a sharp (though short) _ agony, both of body and mind, found his soul filled with peace, know- ing in whom he had believed. ; Wed. 24.--To above two thousand at Baptist Mills, I explained that glorious scripture, (describing the state of every true believer in Christ, --every one who by faith is born of God,) “ Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but ye have received the spirit or adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Thur. 25.--While I was preaching at Newgate, on these words, “ He that believetk hath everlasting life,’ I was insensibly led, without any previous design, to declare strongly and explicitly, that God willeth “all men to be” thus “saved ;” and to pray, that, “if this were not the truth of God, he would not suffer the blind to go out of the way; but, if it were, he would bear witness to his word.” Immediately one, and another, and another, sunk to the earth: they dropped on every side as thunderstruck. One of them cried aloud. We besought God in her behalf, and he turned her heaviness into joy. A second being in the same agony, we called upon God for her also ; and he spoke peace unto her soul. In the evening I was again pressed in spirit to declare, that “‘ Christ gave himself a ransom for all.” And almost before we called upon him to set to his seal, he answered. One was so wounded by the sword of the Spirit, that you would have imagined she could not live a moment. But immediately his abundant kindness was showed, and she loudly sung of his righteousness. Frv. 26.--All Newgate rang with the cries of those whom the word of God cut to the heart. Two of whom were in a moment filled with joy, to the astonishment of those that beheld them. Sun. 28.--I declared the free grace of God to about four thousand people, from those words, “ He that spared not his own Son, but deli- - vered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us