Wesley Corpus

Being desired to visit adyingman on Kingsdown, I had no time but at two o'clock. The sun shone without a cloud ; so that I had awarm journey. But I was well repaid ; for the poor sinner found peace. At five I preached to an immense multitude in the Square ; and God comforted many drooping souls. Mon. 30. I set out for the west, and in the evening preached atTaunton, on, " Walk worthy of the Lord. " Tuesday, 31. After preaching at Collumpton about noon, in the evening I preached at Exeter, in a convenient Room, lately a school ; I suppose formerly a chapel. It is both neat and solemn, and is 166 REV. J. WESLEY'S [Sept. 1779. believed to contain four or five hundred people. Manywere present again at five in the morning, SEPTEMBER 1, and found it a comfortable opportunity. Here a gentleman, just come from Plymouth, gave us a very remarkable account :-" For two days the combined fleets of France and Spain lay at the mouth of the harbour. They might have entered it with per- fect ease. The wind was fair; there was no fleet to oppose them ; and the island, which is the grand security ofthe place, being incapable of giving them any hinderance ; for there was scarce any garrison, and the few men that were there had no wadding at all, and but two rounds of powder." But had they not cannon ? Yes, in abundance ; but only two of them were mounted ! Why then did they not go in, destroy the dock, and burn, or at least plunder, the town ? I believe they could hardly tell themselves. The plain reason was, the bridle of Godwas in their teeth ; and He had said, " Hitherto shall ye come, and no farther." After preaching at Tiverton, Halberton, Taunton, and South- Brent, in the way, on Saturday, 4, I returned to Bristol. Sun. 5.-Being willing to make the best of the fine weather, I preached at eight on the quay, on, " The Lord sitteth above the water-flood : And the Lord remaineth a King for ever." At ten I began the service at Kingswood ; and in the afternoon preached in the avenue, to a multitude of people. But we had