His only other publications were his “Consequence Proved,” and his “Defence” of his minutes, already mentioned; and finally, “A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Fleury,” of Waterford, in Ireland. Mr. Fleury was a young parson, who, both in 1769, and now again in 1771, had taken the opportunity of Wesley’s visits to Waterford to preach against him. Wesley writes: “1771, May 28--At eleven, and again in the afternoon, I went to the cathedral, where a young gentleman most valiantly encountered the ‘grievous wolves,’ as he termed the Methodists. I never heard a man strike more wide of the mark. However, the shallow discourse did good; for it sent abundance of people, rich and poor, to hear and judge for themselves.” The “young gentleman’s” two sermons, which were published, were made up of the stale objections and invectives that had been used, by his superiors and seniors, times without number. Wesley’s letter is a characteristic reply to them. FOOTNOTES: [118] Lady Maxwell’s Life, p. 72. [119] _Methodist Magazine_, 1784, p. 388. [120] Lady Maxwell’s Life, p. 22. [121] Ibid. [122] Doubtless his letter to Lady Huntingdon. [123] _Methodist Magazine_, 1805, p. 279. [124] Wesley’s Life of Fletcher. [125] Manuscript letter. [126] Benson’s Life, by Treffry. [127] Wesley’s Works, vol. xi., p. 285. [128] Probably Mr. Romaine. [129] Fletcher’s Vindication, 1st Edit., p. 21. [130] “Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 240. [131] Jackson’s Life of C. Wesley, vol. ii., p. 256. [132] _Methodist Magazine_, 1797, p. 563. [133] The minutes of the conference of 1770. [134] The _italic_ words are emphasized in the original. [135] Shirley’s “Narrative,” p. 5. [136] _Methodist Magazine_, 1797, p. 253. [137] Smith’s History of Methodism, vol. i., p. 394. [138] “Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. ii., p. 237. [139] This was probably “The Consequence Proved,” to be noticed shortly. [140] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 127. [141] Shirley’s “Narrative,” p. 8. [142] Ibid. p. 10. [143] Charles Wesley’s name is not in the list: a further proof that, strangely enough, he was not at this most important conference. [144] This is the word in Shirley’s “Narrative”; but in the _Gospel Magazine_ for August, 1771, the word “justification” is used instead; and there can be little doubt, that this was the reading of the original declaration. The difference at first seems slight, but, in reality, it is of great importance, as the readers of Fletcher’s “Checks” will easily perceive. [145] Whitehead’s Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 349. [146] Shirley’s “Narrative.” [147] “Second Check,” 1st Edit., p. 40. [148] See Sir Richard Hill’s Life, p. 191.