Wesley Corpus

Having frequently been ated to Wells, particularly by Mr. who begged me to make his house my home, on Thursday, the 9th, I went thither, and wrote him word the night before ; upon which he presently went to one of his friends, and desired a messenger might be sent to meet me, and beg me to turn back: “ Otherwise,” said he, ‘*we shall ii a ai -- Aug 1739.] REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 149 lose all our trade.” But this consideration did not weigh with him, so that he invited me to his own house; and at eleven I preached in his ground, on“ Christ our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,” to about two thousand persons. Some of them mocked at first, whom I reproved before all ; and those of them who stayed were more serious. Several spoke to me after, who were, for the present, much affected. O let it not pass away as the morning dew! Fri. 10.--I had the satisfaction of conversing with a Quaker, and afterward with an Anabaptist; who, I trust, have had a large measure of the love of God shed abroad in their hearts. O may those, in every _ persuasion, who are of this spirit, increase a thousand-fold, how many soever they be! Sat. 11.--In the evening, two were seized with strong pangs, as were four the next evening, and the same number at Gloucester-lane, on Monday; one df whom was greatly comforted. Tues. 14. --I preached at Bradford, to about three thousand, on, “ One thing is needful.” Returning through Bath, I preached to a small congregation, suddenly gathered together at a little distance from the town, (not being permitted to be in R Merchant’s ground any more,) on, “« The just shall live by faith.” Three at the new room, this evening, were cut to the heart; but their wound was not as yet healed.