Wesley Corpus

_ lately, to be crowded within and without. 2. That not one person who came in used any prayer at all; but every one immediately sat down, and began either talking to his neighbour, or looking about to see who was there. 3. That when I began to pray, there appeared a general surprise, none once offering to kneel down, and those who- stood, choosing the most easy, indolent posture which they conveniently could. I afterward looked for one of our hymnbooks upon the desk ; (which I knew Mr. Howe had brought from London ;) but both that and the Bible were vanished away ; and in the room lay the Moravian hymns and the Count’s sermons. I expounded, (but with a heavy heart,) * Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved ;” and the next morning described (if haply some of the secure ones might awake from the sleep of death) the fruits of true faith, “ righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy host.” In the evening we came to Markfield again, where the church was quite full, while I explained, “ All we like sheep have ao June, 1741.] REV. J. WESLEY'S JOURNAL. 213 gone astray; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Sat. 13.--In the morning I preached on those words, “'To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted to him for righteousness.” We then set out for Melbourn, where, finding the house too small to contain those who were come together, I stood under a large tree, and declared Him whom God hath exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sins.” Thence I went to Hemmington, where also, the house not being large enough to contain the people, they _ stood about the door, and at both the windows, while I showed “ what’