The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley / Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists

by L. Tyerman

[40]. Mr Kirk says the living of South Ormsby now brings in more than five times that amount.

[41]. Athenian Oracle, vol. iv. p. 69.

[42]. Dryden’s Mis. Works, vol. i., notes, p. 67, 1760.

[43]. It has been said that Matthew Wesley was a member of the Athenian Society; but, after a careful examination of the evidence alleged in proof of this, I strongly doubt it.

[44]. Athenian Oracle, vol. iv. p. 26–7.

[45]. Athenian Oracle, vol. i. p. 260. 2d Edition.

[46]. Athenian Oracle, vol. i. p. 418.

[47]. In Notes to his Life of Christ, p. 221.

[48]. Athenian Oracle, vol. i. p. 178.

[49]. Ibid., vol. ii. p. 111.