Wesley Corpus

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 CONTENTS. vii XXX. Page. Thoughts concerning Gospel Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Thoughts upon Necessity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .• * * * * * * 457 A Thought on Necessity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 An Address to the Clergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 A Letter to the Rev. Mr. Toogood, of Exeter: Occasioned by his “Dissent from the Church of England fully Justified.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 Serious Thoughts concerning Godfathers and Godmothers. 506 Thoughts on the Consecration of Churches and Burial Grounds . . . . . . . . . . .• • e • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * , 509 To January 4, 1748-9. 1. IN your late “Inquiry,” you endeavour to prove, First, that there were no miracles wrought in the primitive Church: Secondly, that all the primitive Fathers were fools or knaves, and most of them both one and the other. And it is easy to observe, the whole tenor of your argument tends to prove, Thirdly, that no miracles were wrought by Christ or his Apostles; and, Fourthly, that these too were fools or knaves, or both. 2. I am not agreed with you on any of these heads. My reasons I shall lay before you, in as free a manner, though not in so smooth or laboured language, as you have laid yours before the world. 3. But I have neither inclination nor leisure to follow you, step by step, through three hundred and seventy-three quarto pages. I shall therefore set aside all I find in your work which does not touch the merits of the cause; and likewise contract the question itself to the three first centuries.