[42]. Methodist Magazine, 1818, pp. 360–367.
[43]. Sidney’s “Life of Sir Richard Hill,” pp. 21–32.
[44]. Letters, 1791, p. 86.
[45]. Benson’s “Life of Fletcher.”
[46].
“Thunder! strike! it is time; render me war for war!
In perishing, I adore the reason which incenses Thee.”
[47]. Letters, 1791, p. 88.
[48]. Dorothy Furley, the youngest daughter of John Furley, a Dutch and Turkey merchant, was born at West Ham in 1730. She was converted in early life, and became acquainted with the Countess of Huntingdon, Miss Bosanquet, the Wesley brothers, Miss Johnson, Mrs. Ryan, and many others of the first Methodists, by whom she was held in high esteem. In 1764, she was married to Mr. Downs, one of Wesley’s local preachers in London. After her husband’s death, she removed to Leeds, and died July 28, 1807. The written directions respecting her funeral concluded with these words: “Glory, glory, glory be to my gracious God and Saviour! I live in the full assurance of faith and hope that I shall see my Saviour’s face, and behold that glory which He had with the Father before all worlds, but which He left for my sake. To Him I owe all my salvation, here and to all eternity. To Him, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honour, dominion, and majesty, now and through all ages! Amen. Hallelujah! Amen.”—Methodist Magazine, 1818, p. 222.
[49]. Letters, 1791, p. 91.