Wesley Corpus

Sat. March 1.--Many that were in heaviness being met together, we cried to God to comfort their souls. One of these soon found that God heareth the prayer. She had before been under the physician’s hands; her relations taking it for granted she was “ beside herself.” But the Great Physician alone knew how to heal her sickness. Mon. 3. --I rode by Windsor to Reading, where I had left two or three full ot peace and love. But I now found some from London had been here, grievously troubling these souls also; labouring to persuade them, 1. That they had no faith at all, because they sometimes felt doubt or fear. And, 2. That they ought to be still; not to go to church, not to communicate, not to search the Scriptures : “ Because,” say they, ‘you cannot do any of these things without trusting in them.” After confirming their souls we left Reading, and on Wednesday, 5, came to Bristol. It was easy to observe here, in how different a manner God works now, from what he did last spring. He then poured along like 8 rapid flood, overwhelming all before him. Whereas now, He deigns his influence to infuse, Secret, refreshing as the silent dews. wins ci i a ar March, 1740. j REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 179 - Convictions sink deeper and deeper. Love and joy are more calm, even, and steady. And God, in many, is laying the axe to the root of the tree, who can have no rest in their spirits till they are fully renewed in the image of God, in righteousness and true holiness.