THE
LIFE AND TIMES
OF THE
Rev. JOHN WESLEY, M.A.,

Founder of the Methodists.

BY THE

Rev. L. TYERMAN,

AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REV. S. WESLEY, M.A.,”
(Father of the Revds. J. and C. Wesley).

IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1872.

[Pg v]

VOL. II.

1748.

PAGE

Narrow Escapes—Bristol Chapel—Murderous Persecutions in Ireland—DublinSociety—A Carmelite Friar—First Methodist Chapel inDublin—London Conference—“Thoughts on Marriage”—KingswoodSchool—Journey to the North—William Grimshaw—ThomasColbeck—Horrible Outrages at Roughlee and Barrowford—APopish Renegado—Grimshaw’s Answer to White—Stoning at Bolton—Wesleyamong Unitarians—“Drummer Jack”—Whitefield andWesley—Countess of Huntingdon—Whitefield in Trouble—BishopLavington in a Rage—An Unknown Friend—“Christian Library”—EbenezerBlackwell—Converted Convicts—Sarah Peters—Publications—Wesleyon Quakerism

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1749.

Horace Walpole on Methodism—Whitefield and the Wesleys, aThreefold Cord—Wesley gives Lectures to Seventeen Preachers—CharlesWesley Married—Wesley in Ireland—Slanderous Falsehoods—TerriblePersecutions in Cork—Butler, the Ballad Singer—Letterin Bath Journal—John Bennet—Whitefield’s Letter toBennet—The First Methodist Agitator—Grace Murray—Wesley’sCourtship with Grace Murray—Coquetry—Rival Lovers—Wesley’sReasons for Marrying—A Wedding—Painful Scenes—Who wasBlamable?—A Fire Put Out—Rough Usage in Lancashire—Wesleyagain in Trouble with Moravians—Original Letter by Wesley—MoravianBalderdash—Wesley’s Publications—Elocution—Dr.Conyers Middleton—Wesley on the Clergy and Learning—“TheChristian Library”

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1750.

Fraternization—Whitefield—“The Impostor Detected”—Rev. CharlesManning—Earthquakes—London in Sackcloth—Bishop Sherlock’sWarning—Hymns on Earthquakes—Death of (Mehetabel Wesley)Mrs. Wright—John Jane—Jonah on Board—An OvergrownBrute leading a Drunken Rabble—Roger Ball—Lætitia Pilkington—Wesleyin Ireland—Rev. Richard Lloyd—Renewed Outrages inCork—Drunken Parson at Bandon—Long Rides—Two Termagants—Letters...