Wesley Corpus

Journal Vol4 7

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typejournal
YearNone
Passage IDjw-journal-vol4-7-537
Words393
Trinity Justifying Grace Works of Mercy
the said John Wesley, and such person and persons as he should nominate and appoint, might therein preach and expound God's Holy Word ; and upon further trust, that the said respective Trustees, and the survivors of them, and theirheirs and assigns, and the Trustees for the time being, should permit and suffer Charles Wesley, brother of the said John Wesley, and such other person and persons as the said Charles Wesley should for that purpose from time to time nominate and appoint, in like manner during his life, to have, use, and enjoy the said premises respectively, for the like purposes as aforesaid ; and after the decease of the sur- vivor of them, the said John Wesley and Charles Wesley, then upon further trust, that the said respective Trustees, and the survivors of them, and their heirs and assigns, and the Trustees for the time being forever, should permit and suffer such person and persons, and for such time and times, as should be appointed at the yearly Conference of the people called Methodists, in London, Bristol, or Leeds, and no others, to have and enjoy the said premises for the purposes aforesaid : And whereas divers persons have, in like manner, given or conveyed many chapels, with messuages and dwelling- houses, or other appurtenances, to the same belonging, situate in various parts ofGreat Britain, and also in Ireland, to cer- tain Trustees, in each of the said gifts and conveyances respectively named, upon the like trusts, and for the same uses and purposes as aforesaid (except only that in some of the said gifts and conveyances, no life-estate or other interest is therein or thereby given and reserved to the said Charles Wesley) : And whereas, for rendering effectual the trusts created by the said several gifts or conveyances, and that no doubt or litigation may arise with respect unto the same, or the interpretation and true meaning thereof, it has been thought expedient by the said John Wesley, on behalf of himself as donor of the several chapels, with the messuages, dwelling-houses, or appurtenances, before-mentioned, as ofthe donors of the said other chapels, with the messuages, dwelling- houses, or appurtenances, to the same belonging, given or con- veyed to the like uses and trusts, to explain thewords , " Yearly Conference of the people called Methodists," contained in all