Wesley Corpus

Wednesday, 29. I rode to Witney, and found more life than I expected, both in the congregation and the society. Thursday, 20. I preached at Wattleton, at the front of Mr. Stonehill's house. The whole congregation was seriously attentive. In the evening I preached at High-Wycomb, to many more than the Room would contain ; and I believe not in vain. Fri. 21. I preached in Chesham, and on Saturday returned to London. Mon. 24. I set out for Northamptonshire, and received a particular account of one that eminently adorned the Gospel :- " 1. SUSANNAH SPENCER was born at Whittlebury, in the year 1742. When she was young she contracted a very general acquaintance, and was exceedingly beloved by them, having an agreeable person, a good understanding, and much sweetness of temper; and, being modest and decent in her whole behaviour, she seemed, like others, to think she had religion enough. " 2. In 1760, Thomas Grover came down, and preached several times at Whittlebury and at Towcester. She went to hear him, but with a fixed resolution, ' not to be catched,' as she called it ; but her resolution was vain. In a sermon she heard at Towcester, she was cut to the heart. Her convictions grew deeper and deeper from that time, for about a year. She was then hearing him preach, but felt her heart as hard as the nether millstone. Yet at the love-feast which followed, it was suddenly broke in pieces, and she was all melted into tears, by 32 [Oct. 1774. those words applied to her inmost soul, in an inexpressible manner,- MyGod is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear ! He owns me for his child ; I canno longer fear. " 3. The day following, being exercised with strong tempta- tion, she gave up her confidence; but the next night, wrestling withGod in prayer, she received it againwith double evidence : And though afterwards she frequently felt some doubts, yet it never continued long ; but she had, in general, a clear, abiding sense of the pardoning love ofGod. "4. From that time she walked steadily and closely with God, and was a pattern to all around her. She was particularly exact in reproving sin, and lost no opportunity ofdoing it. In her whole conversation she was remarkably lively, and yet gentle