[212]. Fletcher’s Works, vol. i., p. 209.
[213]. Wesley’s “Sermon on the Death of Whitefield,” p. 26.
[214]. Lady Glenorchy opened a number of chapels, both in Scotland and England, and did her utmost to supply them with evangelical ministers. She was, in fact, the Lady Huntingdon of Scotland.
[215]. “Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. i., p. 111.
[216]. Macdonald’s “Life of Benson.”
[217]. Benson’s “Life of Fletcher.”
[218]. A clergyman, who, professing to be under serious impressions, had been permitted by her ladyship to stay a few weeks at the college; but was neither master nor student. Fletcher termed him “a bird of passage.”
[219]. “Life and Times of Wesley,” vol. iii., p. 88.
[220]. Wesley was at Wem only three days before this letter was written.
[221]. The day Wesley was at Wem, namely, March 15.