Wesley Corpus

58. How many Circuits are there now? A. Of America we have no late account. There are seventy four Circuits in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man; seven in Scotland, and twenty-eight in Ireland. Q. 59. Are our preaching-houses safe? A. Not all; for some of them are not settled on Trustees. Several of the Trustees for others are dead. Q. 60. What then is to be done? A. (1.) Let those who have debts on any of the Houses give a bond, to settle them as soon as they are indemnified. (2.) Let the surviving Trustees choose others without delay, by endorsing their deed thus: “We, the remaining Trustees of the Methodist preaching house in , do, according to the power vested in us by this deed, choose place of• to be Trustees of the said House, in the Witness our hands .” N. B. The deed must have three new stamps, and must be enrolled in Chancery within six months. Q. 61. In what form may a House be settled? A. In the following, which was drawn by three of the most eminent Lawyers in London. Whoever therefore objects to it, only betrays his own ignorance. “The Indenture made , between Benjamin Heap, of --,in the county of , on theone part, and Thomas Philips, hatter, &c., on the other part, witnesseTH, That inconsideration of five shillings, lawful money of Great Britain, by the said T.P., &c., tothesaid B.H., truly paid, before the sealing and delivering hereof, (the receipt whereof the said B. H. doth hereby acknow ledge,) andfordivers other considerationshim thereuntomoving, the said B. H. hath granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said T. P., &c., their heirs and assigns for ever, all that lately erected House or tenement, with the yard thereunto adjoining, situate , in , aforesaid, now in the tenure or occupation of* together with all the ways, drains, and privileges to the said premises appertaining, and all the profits thereof, with all the right, title, and interest in law and equity: To HAVE AND To Hold the said house, yard, and other premises, to the said T. P., &c., their heirs and assigns for ever.