Wesley, John (1703-1791)

An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley’s Journal, From Sep. 2, 1770, to Sep. 12, 1773

London

Printed by R. Hawes

September 2, 1770 to September 12, 1773; October, 1770 [1777]

"So simple a people I scarce ever saw. They did 'open the window in their breast.' And it was easy to discern, that God was there, filling them with joy and peace in believing."

Tuesday, 15. I went on to Witney. I am surprised at the plainness and artlessness of this people. Who would imagine, that they lived within ten, yea, or fifty miles of Oxford? Wednesday, 16. I preached at South-lye. Here it was, that I preached my first sermon, six and forty years ago. One man was in my present audience, who heard it. Most of the rest are gone to their long home. After preaching at Witney in the Evening, I met the believers apart, and was greatly refreshed among them. So simple a people I scarce ever saw. They did "open the window in their breast." And it was easy to discern, that God was there, filling them with joy and peace in believing.
(p. 42)

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An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley’s Journal, From Sep. 2, 1770, to Sep. 12, 1773. XVI. (London: Printed by R. Hawes, and sold at the Foundry, in Moorfields, and at the Rev. Mr. Wesley’s preaching-houses in town and country, 1777). <Link to ESTC>

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