Wesley Corpus

05 To The Printer Of The Gazetteer

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typeletter
YearNone
Passage IDjw-letter-1776-05-to-the-printer-of-the-gazetteer-001
Words252
Scriptural Authority Prevenient Grace Means of Grace
There is some truth in this. For several years, while my brother and I traveled on foot, our manner was for him that walked behind to read aloud some book of history, poetry, or philosophy. Afterwards for many years (as my time at home was spent mostly in writing) it was my custom to read things of a lighter nature, chiefly when I was on horseback. Of late years, since a friend gave me a chaise, I have read them in my carriage. But it is not in this manner I treat the Scriptures: these I read and meditate upon day and night. It was not in running that I wrote twice over the Notes on the New Testament (to say nothing of those on the Old), containing above 800 quarto pages. 'But was this supposed misprint of dram for grain ever corrected before the error was detected in the Gazetteer ' Your next question answers this. ' Or was it only referred to in the Errata, with pro Dram lege Grain ' I add a word concerning the former objection. I do still in a sense run as I read. I make haste, though I do not hurry. It behoves me to do, as my work is great and my time is short. For how much can a man expect to remain who has seen between seventy and eighty years And may I not plead for some indulgence even on this account, if I am mistaken in more points than one