THE

WORKS

OF THE

REV. JOHN WESLEY.

VOLUME IV.

CONTAINING,

THE TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, AND FIFTEENTH

NUMBERS OF HIS JOURNAL.

London:

PRINTED AT THE CONFERENCE-OFFICE, 14, CITY-ROAD ;

BY JOHN JONES, AGENT:

SOLD BY THOMAS BLANSHARD, CITY-ROAD ; AND AT THE METOODIST

PREACHING-HOUSES IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.

MR. WESLEY'S JOURNAL.

Number XII. From May 6, 1760, to October 28,

1762.

PAGE.

Continues his Journey through Ireland,

2

Persecution at Carrick-upon-Shannon,

5

Journey from Chester to Cornwall,

14

Letter to the Editor of the London Chronicle on Mys-

ticism,

19

Three Letters to the Editor of Lloyd's Evening Post, 26, 28

Reformation in the Prison of Bristol,

96

Letter to the Editor of the Westminster Journal, 38

Answer to the Caveat against the Methodists,

44

Narrative from Ephraim Syrus,

63

Strange Account from Skipton in Craven,

77

Singular Case of Mary Special,

86

Journey through Wales to Ireland,

91

Death of Mr. Grimshaw,

93

Mr. Grimshaw's Letter to the Society at London, 97

Revival of the Work at Dublin and Limerick,

115, 120

Returns through Yorkshire to London,

121

Letters from Congleton and Burslem,

123

NUMBER XIII. From October 29, 1762, to May

25, 1765.

The abuse of the Doctrine of Christian Perfection, 132

Journey to the North of Scotland,

148

Returns through Yorkshire and Lancashire to London, 156

A remarkable Letter,

ibid.

A strange kind of Madness,

165

Letter on the Creation of the Human Soul,

172

Journey to the North,

180

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PAGE.

Letter to the evangelical Clergy, and the Answers, 189

A singular Species of Spasms in Scotland,

201

Letter on the importance of religious Connexions, 211

Journey to Scotland and the North of Ireland, 231

Letter to a Friend on Christian Perfection,

237

Number XIV. From May 27, 1765, to May 18,

1768.

Visits the West and South of Ireland,

244

Death of Henry Jackson of Newcastle,

266

Visits the West of England and Cornwall,

289

Letter to Dr. Dodd,

301

Journey through the West of England to the North

of Ireland,

302

Account of Ellen Strangers, of Macclesfield,

313

of Catherine Murray, of Carrick-on-Sure, 318

Journey through the North of Ireland to Scotland, 324

Account of William New, of Bristol,

980

Strictures on Marshall's Gospel Mystery of Sanctifi-

cation,

336

Two Letters on the Necessity of producing the Fruits

of Faith,

337

Journey through the West of England to Scotland, 346

Revival of the Work at Kingswood School,

353

NUMBER XV. From May 14, 1768, to September

1, 1770.

Strange Account of Elizabeth Hobson, of Sunderland, 357

Letter to a Clergyman in Vindication of the Methodists 372

Journey into Cornwall,

376

Letter to Mr. L. Coughlan,

ibid.

Account of Elizabeth Vandome,

388

Journey to Dublin,

392

Letter to a Lady on Christian Perfection

407

Journey to Manchester and Leeds,

414

Journey into Cornwall,

418

Returns to London,

422

Enters upon his Northern Journey,

430

Account of two remarkable Children at Walsal, 432

An extraordinary Species of Spasms,

447

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