[92] “Memoirs of James Hutton,” p. 64.
[93] Wesley’s Journal.
[94] See Wesley’s Works, vol. i., p. 349.
[95] Probably the same as Mr. Justice Burton, who figured so prominently in endeavouring to obtain witnesses, that Charles Wesley was a Jacobite, in 1744. (See C. Wesley’s Journal, vol. i., p. 358.)
[96] Weekly Miscellany, May 17, 1740.
[97] Ibid. June 8, 1740.
[98] Weekly Miscellany, June 21, 1740.
[99] The Rev. Jacob Rogers, of Bedford, of whom Wesley, in 1753, wrote as follows:—“Above fourteen years ago, Mr. Rogers, then curate of St. Paul’s (Bedford), preached the pure gospel with general acceptance. A great awakening began, and continually increased, till the poor weather-cock turned Baptist; he then preached the absolute decrees with all his might; but in a while the wind changed again, and he turned and sank into the German whirlpool. How many souls has this unhappy man to answer for!” (Wesley’s Works, vol. ii., p. 293.)
[100] Weekly Miscellany, July 26, 1740.
[101] Memoirs of Mrs. Grace Bennett.