Wesley Corpus

the said Trust Deeds, and to declare what persons are mem- bers of the said Conference, and how the succession and iden- tity thereof is to be continued :- Now therefore these presents witness, that, for accomplishing the aforesaid purposes, the said John Wesleydoth hereby declare, that the Conference of the people called Methodists, in Lon- don, Bristol, or Leeds, ever since there hath been any yearly Conference of the said people called Methodists in any ofthe said places, hath always heretofore consisted of the Preachers and Expounders of God's Holy Word, commonly called Methodist Preachers in connexion with, and under the care of, the said John Wesley, whom he hath thought expedient year after year to summons to meet him, in one or other of the said places, of London, Bristol, or Leeds, to advise with them for the promotion of the Gospel of Christ, to appoint the said persons so summoned, and the other Preachers and Expounders of God's Holy Word, also in connexion with, and under the care of, the said John Wesley, not summoned to the said yearly Conference, to the use and enjoyment of the said chapels and premises so given and conveyed upon trust for the said John Wesley, and such other person and persons as he should appoint during his life as aforesaid, and for the expulsion of unworthy and admission of new persons under his care, and into his connexion, to be Preachers and Expounders as aforesaid, and also of other persons upon trial for the like purposes ; the names of all which persons so sum- moned by the said John Wesley, the persons appointed, with the chapels and premises to which they were so appointed, together with the duration of such appointments, and of those expelled or admitted into connexion or upon trial, with all other matters transacted and done at the said yearly Confer- ence, have, year by year, been printed and published under the title of " Minutes of Conference. " And these presents further witness, and the saidJohnWesleydoth hereby avouch and further declare, that the several persons herein-after named, to wit, the said John Wesley and Charles Wesley ; Thomas Coke, of the city of London, Doctor of Civil Law ; James Creighton, of the same place, Clerk ; Tho- mas Tennant, of the same place ; Thomas Rankin, of the