Wesley Corpus

Tues. 5.-We set out a little before day, and reached Lynn in the afternoon. In the evening, the new House would hardly contain one half of the congregation: And those who could not get in were tolerably patient, considering they could hear but a fewwords. Wed. 6.-About one, I heard a shrill voice in the street, calling and desiring me to come to Mr. - Goingdirectly, I found him ill in body, and in a violent agony of mind. He fully believed he was at the point ofdeath ; nor could any argu- ments convince him of the contrary. We cried to Him who 62 REV. J. WESLEY'S [Dec. 1775. has all power in heaven and earth, andwho keeps the keys of life and death. He soon started up inbed, and saidwith aloud voice, " I shall not die, but live." In the day I visitedmany of those that remained with us, and those that had left us since they had learneda new doctrine. I did not dispute, but endeavoured to soften their spirits, which had been sharpened to a high degree. In the evening the chapel was quite too small: And yet even those who could not get in were silent: A circumstance which I have seldom observed in any other part of England. Thur. 7.-Mr.- -was so thoroughly disordered, that it was heavy work to get him forward. At every stage, " he could not possibly go any farther ; he must die there." Never- theless we reached Bury in the afternoon. I preached at seven to the largest congregation I ever saw there. We used to have about a dozen at five in the morning. But on Friday, 8, I suppose we had between forty and fifty. We set out between six and seven, hoping to reach Burntwood in the evening. But as we came thither some hours sooner than we expected, I judged it most advisable to push on: And, the moon shining bright, we easily reached London soon after six o'clock . Sat. 9. In answer to a very angry letter, lately published in " the Gazetteer," I published the following :- "You affirm, 1. That I once ' doubted whether the measures taken with respect to America could be defended either on the foot of law, equity, or prudence.' I did doubt of these five years, nay indeed five months, ago.