Wesley Corpus

16. You proceed: “Kingswood you call your own house: And when one Mr. C. opposed you there, you reply to him, ‘You should not have supplanted me in my own house, stealing the hearts of the people. The parochial Clergy may call their several districts their own houses, with much more propriety than you could call Kingswood yours. And yet how have you supplanted them therein, and laboured to steal the hearts of the people ! You have suffered by the same ways you took to dis charge your spleen and malice against your brethren. “Your brother’s words to Mr. C. are,--“Whether his doctrine is true or false, is not the question. But you ought first to have fairly told him, I preach contrary to you. Are you willing, notwithstanding, that I should continue in your house, gain saying you ? Shall I stay here opposing you, or shall I depart 2' Think you hear this spoken to you by us. What can you justly reply?--Again, if Mr. C. had said thus to you, and you had refused him leave to stay; I ask you, whether in such a case he would have had reason to resent such a refusal? I think you cannot say he would. And yet how loudly have you objected our refusing our pulpits to you!” (Remarks, page 15.) So you judge these to be exactly parallel cases. It lies therefore upon me to show that they are not parallel at all; that there is, in many respects, an essential difference between them. (1) “Kingswood you call your own house.” So I do, that is, the school-house there. For I bought the ground where it stands, and paid for the building it, partly from the contribution of my friends, (one of whom contributed fifty pounds,) partly * Wol. I. pp. 300, 301, and 305, of the present Edition.--EDIT. + For the purpose of exciting ill-will.-EDIT. from the income of my own Fellowship. No Clergyman therefore can call his parish his own house with more pro priety than I can call this house mine. (2) “Mr. C. opposed you there.” True; but who was Mr. C.? One I had sent for to assist me there; a friend that was as my own soul; that, even while he opposed me, lay in my bosom. What resemblance then does Mr.