[356]. Hampson’s Life of Wesley, vol. i.
[357]. We doubt the correctness of the statement that Wesley “was of a short stature.” The likeness referred to, of which the portrait in this volume is a faithful copy, does not convey this idea.
[358]. Once more we protest against this. What were High Church principles and politics? Bishop Burnet, who flourished at the time when the names of High Church and Low Church were first introduced, shall answer. He writes, (History of Own Times, vol. ii. p. 347:)—“All that treated the Dissenters with temper and moderation, and were for residing constantly at their cures, and for labouring diligently in them; that expressed a zeal against the Prince of Wales, and for the Revolution; that wished well to the present war, and to the alliance against France, were called Low Churchmen.” If such was a Low Churchman, of course, a High Churchman was just the opposite. Who, in the face of this, will pretend to say that Samuel Wesley was “of High Church principles, and High Church politics?”
[359]. Clarke’s Wesley Family.
[360]. Wesley’s Works, vol. i., p 356.
[361]. Original Letters, published by Priestley, p. 40.
Transcriber’s Note
On p. [126], there is a quotation from Macualay which is an abridgement of the original, including a passage from a footnote, which resulted in a confusion of quotation and embedded quotation marks. These have been sorted out.