of
John Wesley
Third Edition
Complete and Unabridged
VOLUME 8
Addresses, Essays, and Letters
London
Wesleyan Methodist Book-Room
1872
Reprinted from the 1872 edition issued by Wesleyan Methodist Book Room, London
An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion
A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason, &c. Part I
A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason, &c. Part II
A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason, &c. Part III
A plain Account of the People called Methodists
The Nature, Design, and General Rules of the United Societies in London, Bristol, Kingswood, &c.
Minutes of some late Conversations between the Rev. Mr. Wesleys and others, in 1744
Minutes of Several Conversations between the Rev. Mr. Wesley and others, from the year 1744, to 1789
Advice to the People called Methodists
A Letter to the Bishop of London: Occasioned by his Lordship’s late Charge to his Clergy
A Second Letter to the Rev. Dr. Free
An Answer to a Letter published in the Bath Journal
Earnest Appeal
to
Men of Reason and Religion
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? John 7:51.
1. Although it is with us a “very small thing to be judged of you or of man’s judgment,” seeing we know God will “make our innocency as clear as the light, and our just dealing as the noon-day;” yet are we ready to give any that are willing to hear a plain account, both of our principles and actions; as having “renounced the hidden things of shame,” and desiring nothing more, “than by manifestation of the truth to commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.”
2. We see (and who does not?) the numberless follies and miseries of our fellow-creatures. We see, on every side, either men of no religion at all, or men of a lifeless, formal religion. We are grieved at the sight; and should greatly rejoice, if by any means we might convince some that there is a better religion to be attained,—a religion worthy of God that gave it. And this we conceive to be no other than love; the love of God and of all mankind; the loving God with all our heart, and soul, and strength, as having first loved us, as the fountain of all the good we have received, and of all we ever hope to enjoy; and the loving every soul which God hath made, every man on earth, as our own soul.
3. This love we believe to be the medicine of life, the never-failing remedy for all the evils ...
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About The Works of John Wesley, Volume 8Founder of the Methodist movement. Celebrated preacher. Abolitionist. Gifted writer. John Wesley is known for all of these great qualities and more. Like his friend and contemporary George Whitefield, John Wesley didn’t need a church to preach in—he preached wherever a group of people would listen—a field, a cottage, a town hall. And he did it every day. And although he never officially left the Church of England, the Methodist movement that he planted quickly spread across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and to colonial America. Today, over seventy-million people belong to Methodist organizations in the Wesleyan tradition all over the world. The John Wesley Collection (29 vols.) contains all of his theological works, including the four-volume Explanatory Notes upon the Old and New Testaments, plus his journals, essays, letters, sermons, grammars, psalms, hymns, and addresses. Those familiar with the Thomas Jackson edition of The Works of John Wesley are aware they include some of his journals, but these are incomplete and missing large chunks of important entries—sometimes entire years are missing! The Logos edition of the John Wesley Collection (29 vols.) contains the unabridged and authoritative eight-volume journals edited by Nehemiah Curnock. Also included in this massive collection is a three-volume, in-depth biography on this extraordinary man of faith. With the Logos Bible Software edition, each volume in John Wesley Collection (29 vols.) is fully integrated with the other resources in your Logos library, including Bibles, maps, dictionaries, and numerous other Bible study tools. The Logos edition also allows you to perform powerful searches and word studies, and Scripture references are linked to the wealth of language resources in your digital library. This makes John Wesley Collection (29 vols.) more powerful and easier to access than ever before for reading, sermon preparation, research, and Bible study. |
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