Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. All other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged, except inconsistencies in hyphenation. Italics are represented thus _italic_, superscripts thus^x. [Illustration: JOHN WESLEY, M.A. AGED 63. From a scarce Print by Bland, published in the year 1765, and approved by M^r. Wesley. Engraved by J. Cochran. New York, Harper & Brothers.] THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REV. JOHN WESLEY, M.A., Founder of the Methodists. BY THE REV. L. TYERMAN, AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REV. S. WESLEY, M.A.,” (_Father of the Revds. J. and C. Wesley_). IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. [Illustration] NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1872. GENERAL CONTENTS. VOL. II. 1748. PAGE Narrow Escapes—Bristol Chapel—Murderous Persecutions in Ireland—Dublin Society—A Carmelite Friar—First Methodist Chapel in Dublin—London Conference—“Thoughts on Marriage”—Kingswood School—Journey to the North—William Grimshaw—Thomas Colbeck—Horrible Outrages at Roughlee and Barrowford—A Popish Renegado—Grimshaw’s Answer to White—Stoning at Bolton—Wesley among Unitarians—“Drummer Jack”—Whitefield and Wesley—Countess of Huntingdon—Whitefield in Trouble—Bishop Lavington in a Rage—An Unknown Friend—“Christian Library”—Ebenezer Blackwell—Converted Convicts—Sarah Peters—Publications—Wesley on Quakerism 1-31 1749.