Wesley Corpus

May, 1740. ] REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 183 «¢No; my heart is desperately wicked: but I have no doubt or fear. I know my Saviour loves me; and I love him: I feel it every moment.” I tLen plainly told her master, “ Here is an end of your reasoning. This is the state, the existence of which you deny.” Thence I went to the little society here, which had stood untainted from the beginning. But the plague was now spread to them also. One of them, who had been long full of joy in believing, now denied she had any faith at all; and said, till she had, she would communicate no more. Another, who said, she had the “ faith that overcometh the world,” added, she had not communicated for some weeks ; and it was all one to her whether she did or no; for a believer was not subject to ordinances. In the evening, one of the first things started at Fetterlane was, the question concerning the ordinances. But I entreated we might not be always disputing; but rather give ourselves unto prayer. I endeavoured all this time, both by explaining in public those scriptures which had been misunderstood, and by private conversation, to bring back those who had been led out of the way ; and having now delivered my own soul, on Friday, May 2, I left London ; and lying at Hungerford that night, the next evening came to Bristol.