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

[126]. Meth. Mag., 1814, p. 729.

[127]. Calamy says: “The foundation of the Society for Reformation of Manners was laid in 1692; and the Dissenters were, from the first, as ready to encourage and assist in it as any.”—Calamy’s Life and Times.

[128]. See Wesley’s Works, vol. vi. p. 145.

[129]. The person who was the principal means of resuscitating the Society for the Reformation of Manners was W. Welsh; but John Wesley was a personal friend of W. Welsh, and probably gave him counsel and encouragement.—See Wesley’s Journal, February 2, 1766.

[130]. Wesley’s Works, vol. vi. p. 140.

[131]. Wesley’s Journal, Nov. 4, 1764.

[132]. Wesley’s Works, vol. iii. p. 230, and vol. vi. p. 157.

[133]. Wesley’s Works, vol. viii. p. 334.

[134]. Wesley’s Works, vol. i. p. 40.

[135]. Ibid., Vol. i. p. 84.