Wesley Corpus

“Nay, this Article speaks nothing of the extent of Christ’s death, but of its all-sufficiency.” (Pages 54, 55.) Nothing of the extent / Why, it speaks of nothing else; its all-sufficiency is out of the question. The words are: “The offering of Christ once made, is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual.” It is here affirmed, the death of Christ is a perfect satisfaction for all the sins of the whole world. It would be sufficient for a thousand worlds. But of this the Article says nothing. But “even Bishop Burnet allows our Reformers to have been zealous Calvinists.” He does not allow them all to be such; he knew and you know the contrary. You cannot but know, that Bishop Ridley, Hooper, and Latimer, to name no more, were firm Universalists. 22. But the contradictions ! Where are the contradic tions? “Why, sometimes you deny election; yet another time you say, - “From all eternity with love Unchangeable thou hast me view’d.’” + I answered, “I believe this is true, on the supposition of faith foreseen, not otherwise.” Here is therefore no contradiction, unless on that supposition, which I do uot allow. But sometimes “you deny the perseverance of the saints. Yet in one place you say, ‘I do not deny that those eminently styled the elect shall persevere.’” R mean those that are perfected in love. So I was inclined to think for many years: But for ten or twelve years I have been fully convinced, that even these may make “shipwreck of the faith.” 23. But “several of Mr. Hill’s quotations are from Mr. Charles Wesley's Hymns, for which Mr. John says he will not be answerable.” I will now explain myself on this head. Though there are some expressions in my brother's Hymns which I do not use, as being very liable to be misconstrued; yet I am fully satisfied, that, in the whole tenor of them, they thoroughly agree with mine, and with the Bible. (2) That there is no jot of Calvinism therein; that not one hymn, not one verse of an hymn, maintains either unconditional election, or infallible perseverance. Therefore, I can readily answer Mr. H.’s question, “How can Mr. W.