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

[236]. Clarke’s Wesley Family, vol. i. p. 327, and Everett’s Methodism in Sheffield, p. 7.

[237]. Nicholl’s Literary Anecdotes.

[238]. Clarke’s Wesley Family, and Nicholl’s Literary Anecdotes, vol. iv. p. 548.

[239]. Nicholl’s Ibid.

[240]. Chambers’s Biographical Dictionary.

[241]. Clarke’s Wesley Family and Nicholl’s Literary Anecdotes, vol. vi. p. 110.

[242]. Wesley’s Works, vol. i. p. 354.

[243]. Ibid., p. 384.

[244]. Ibid., p. 465.

[245]. Ibid., vol. ii. p. 99.