Wesley Corpus

free. Wednesday, 22. I made one more trial of poor Towcester, if haply God might yet breathe on the dry bones, by opening and strongly applying these words, " I will heal their backsliding ; Iwill love them freely." In the evening, and on Thursday morning, I preached at Northampton, in the new Presbyterian meeting-house, a large and elegant building, I think not without effect; and then returned to London. Tues. 28. I took the stage-coach for Rye ; which promised to be there by six in the evening : But the coachman lingered so, that in the afternoon I found they did not intend to be there tillnear eight : So at Hawkhurst I took a post-chaise, which, with much ado, reached it soon after six. Being informed the service was begun, I did not stay to eat or drink, but went directly to the preaching-house, which was sufficiently crowded ; and, as [Nov. 1788. soon as I could get through the people, I began with solemn prayer ; and then explained and applied that glorious truth, "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." We had another happy opportunity at five in the morning. Know- ing there was no depending on the coach, I took chaise ; and by that means came early to Sevenoaks ; where, in the evening, I found uncommon liberty of spirit in exhorting the audience to worship God in spirit and in truth . Sat. NOVEMBER 1.-(Being All- Saints' Day. ) I preached at Snowsfields, on Rev. xiv. 1 ; a comfortable subject ; and I always find this a comfortable day. Monday, 3. I began visiting the classes ; a work which usually takes up about a fortnight. Sun- day, 9. I preached at West-Street, and found uncommon liberty in enforcing that caution, " Quench not the Spirit." On Wed- nesday, 12, and the following days, I visited the country soci- eties ; some of which, that of Mitcham inparticular, are swiftly increasing in the grace ofGod. Mon. 17.-I set out for Hertfordshire. In the evening I preached at Hinxworth, to a deeply serious congregation ; the next evening, in the church at Wrestlingworth, to the largest congregation I have seen there these twenty years. Wednesday,