Wesley Corpus

If there be any among us who observe them not, who habitually break any of them, let it be made known unto them who watch over that soul as they that must give an account. We will admonish him of the error of his ways; we will bear with him for a season: But then if he repent not, he hath no more place among us. We have delivered our own souls. May 1. 1743. THE design of our meeting is, to obey that command of God, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.” To this end, we intend,-- 1. To meet once a week, at the least. 2. To come punctually at the hour appointed, without some extraordinary reason. 3. To begin (those of us who are present) exactly at the hour, with singing or prayer. 4. To speak each of us in order, freely and plainly, the true state of our souls, with the faults we have committed in thought, word, or deed, and the temptations we have felt, since our last meeting. 5. To end every meeting with prayer, suited to the state of each person present. 6. To desire some person among us to speak his own state first, and then to ask the rest, in order, as many and as search ing questions as may be, concerning their state, sins, and temptations. Some of the questions proposed to every one before he is admitted among us may be to this effect:-- v/ 1. Have you the forgiveness of your sins? 2. Have you peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ? 3. Have you the witness of God’s Spirit with your spirit, that you are a child of God? v. 4. Is the love of God shed abroad in your heart? 5. Has no sin, inward or outward, dominion over you? v. 6. Do you desire to be told of your faults? 7. Do you desire to be told of all your faults, and that plain and home?- v-8. Do you desire that every one of us should tell you, from time to time, whatsoever is in his heart concerning you? 9. Consider ! Do you desire we should tell you whatsoever we think, whatsoever we fear, whatsoever we hear, concerning you? 10.