Wesley Corpus

and such affliction as I believe will never be removed, till he is filled with “‘ peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.” Fri. 22.--I rode to Painswick ; and on Saturday, 23, through heavy rain to Bristol. I had now a week of rest and peace, which was refreshing both to my soul and body. Sunday, May 1.--I had an opportunity of receiving the Lord’s Supper, at St. James’s, our parish church. We had another comfortable hour in the afternoon, while I was explaining, “This is the covenant which I will make, saith the Lord; I will put my laws in their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be unto them a God, and they shall be to me a people.” Tues. 3.--I set out for Wales, in company with one who was my pupil at Oxford. We could get that night no further than the Bull, five Welsh miles beyond Abergavenny. The next morning we came to Builth, jast as the church prayers began. Mr. Phillips, the rector of Maesmennys, (at whose invitation I came,) soon took knowledge of me, and we began a friendship which I trust shall never end. I preached on a tomb at the east end of the church at four, and again at seven. Mr. Gwynne and Mr. Prothero (justices of peace) stood on either hand of me; and all the people before, catching every word with the most serious and eager attention.