Wesley Corpus

425.) Is this “trumpeting myself forth as the greatest man that has ever lived since” then 7 25. “All his disciples are commanded not to read what is wrote against him.” (Imposture Detected, page 38.) No; it is the Tabernacle disciples are commanded not to read Mr. Fletcher. And reason good; for there is no resisting the force of his arguments. Thousands, if they read them with any candour, would see that “God willeth all men to be saved.” 26. Mr. Hill concludes: “I should have been glad to have addressed him in the softest and most tender style. But those are weapons he turns to ridicule.” (Page 39.) When? Show me a single instance. Indeed I never was tried. What Calvinist ever addressed me in a soft and tender style? And which of them did I turn to ridicule? I am utterly guiltless in this matter. II. 1. I have now done with the merits of the cause, having refuted the charge in every article. And as to the manner, let any man of candour judge, whether I have not spoken the truth in love. I proceed now to take some notice of the manner wherein Mr. Hill speaks: To illustrate which, I need only present a few of his flowers to the impartial reader. 2. “All the divinity we find in this wretched harangue which he calls a sermon, are a few bungling scraps of the religion of nature, namely, love to God and love to man, which an Heathen might have preached as well as Mr. John; ” (polite ) “and probably in a much better manner. Erase half a dozen lines, and I defy any one to discover whether the lying apostle of the Foundery be a Jew, a Papist, a Pagan, or a Turk.” (Page 4.) “Else I should have treated his trumpery with the silence and contempt it deserves. But to see Mr. Whitefield scratched out of his grave by the claws of this designing wolf.” (there is a metaphor for you!) “is enough to make the very stones cry out, or (which would be a greater miracle still) redden even a Wesley's forehead with a blush.” (Page 5.) I think it would be a greater miracle still to make a wolf blush. “The dictatorial Mr.