Wesley Corpus

Fri. February 1.--We set out for London in another bitter morning, having such a wind (now got to the east, and so in our face again) as I hardly ever remember. But by five in the evening we were under shelter at the Foundery. It being the night before appointed for a watchnight, we continued praying and praising God as usual, till about twelve o’clock ; and I found no inconvenience, but a little faintness, which a few hours’ sleep removed. Sat. 2.--Having received a full answer from Mr. P--, I was clearly ; convinced that I ought to marry. For many years I remained single, because I believed I could be more useful in a single, than in a married state. And I praise God, who enabled me so to do. I now as fully believed, that in my present circumstances, I might be more useful in a married state ; into which, upon this clear conviction, and by the advice of my friends, I entered a few days after. Wed. 6.--I met the single men, and showed them on how many accounts it was good for those who had received that gift from God, to remain “ single for the kingdom of heaven’s sake ;” unless where a particular case might be an exceplion to the general rule. Sun. 10.--After preaching at five, I was hastening to take my leave of the congregation at Snowsfields, purposing to set out in the morning for the north; when on the middle of London bridge, both my feet slipped on the ice, and I fell with great force, the bone of my ankle ‘ighting on the top of a stone. However, I got on, with some help, to March, 1751.] REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. 502