513 518 521 525 Removes from the Foundry to the City-Road Lay-preachers jealous of Charles Musical talents of Charles's sons Mrs. Wright One of them becomes a Papist Wesley's letter upon this subject His controversy with the Roman Catholics 538 538 539 Wesley's separation from his wife The Burnham Society Device upon Whitefield's seal ERRATA. VOL. I. Page 46. line 21. for "parent" read "parents" 48. line 12. for "virtue" read "virtues" 122. line 13. for "at" read " in" 139. line 12. dele the comma after "Christchurch" 406. lines 11.& 12. for " Quakers, meeting" read "Quakers' meeting" 406. line 26. for "then" read "there" THE LIFE OF WESLEY. THE sect, or Society, as they would call themselves, of Methodists, has existed for the greater part of a century they have their seminaries and their hierarchy, their own regulations, their own manners, their own literature: in England they form a distinct people, an imperium in imperio: they are extending widely in America; and in both countries they number their annual increase by thousands. The history of their founder is little known in his native land beyond the limits of those who are termed the religious public; and on the Continent it is scarcely known at all. In some of his biographers the heart has been wanting to understand his worth, or the will to do it justice; others have not possessed freedom or strength of intellect to perceive wherein he was erroneous. It has been remarked, with much complacency, by the Jesuits, that in the year of Luther's birth Loyola was born also: Providence, they say, having wisely appointed, that when so large a portion of Christendom was to be separated from the catholic church by means of the great German heresiarch, B |