Wesley Corpus

To Samuel Bardsley OTLEY, July 21, 1789. MY DEAR BROTHER, -- I am glad to hear so good an account of the work of God at Bideford. [See next letter and that of Nov. 25.] That town had held out long and seemed to bid defiance to the gospel. But if we are not weary of well-doing we shall reap in due time. I should hardly have expected any increase of the work of God in Launceston; but probably it will be enlarged by your preaching in the Town Hall, for many will come thither who would not come to our preaching-house. As long as you and your fellow laborers converse freely together and act by united counsels the work of the Lord will prosper in your hands. And continue instant in prayer, particularly in your closet. -- I am, dear Sammy, Your affectionate brother. To Richard Bunt OTLEY, July 21, 1780. Regard no one who tells you that idle tale of the Mayor and Corporation moving the Court of King's Bench against a man for speaking such words. The whole Court would laugh a man to scorn that pretended to any such thing. And your Corporation is not so weak as to think of any such thing. If ever anything of the kind should be moved, send me word (I hope to be in Plymouth in two or three weeks [He was at Plymouth on Aug. 13.]), and I will make them sick of the King's Bench as long as they live. [See letters of June 9, 1789, and Jan. 13, 1790.] - I am Your affectionate servant. To Mr. Richard Bunt, In Bideford, Devon.