“I beg leave, in my turn, to give you a few advices. 1. Be calm. Do not venture into the field again till you are master of your temper. 2. Be good natured. Passion is not commendable; but ill nature still less. 3. Be courteous. Show good manners, as well as good nature, to your opponent, of whatever kind. 4. Be merciful. When you have gained an advantage over your opponent, do not press it to the uttermost. Remember the honest quaker’s advice to his friend a few years ago: ‘Art thou not content to lay John Wesley upon his back, but thou wilt tread his guts out?’ 5. In writing, do not consider yourself as a man of fortune, or take any liberty with others on that account. Men of sense simply consider what is written; not whether the writer be a lord or a cobbler. 6. Lastly, Remember, ‘for every idle word men shall speak, they shall give an account in the day of judgment.’ Remember, ‘by thy words shalt thou be justified; or by thy words shalt thou be condemned.’” Wesley’s other publications, in 1773, were nine 12mo volumes of his collected works, making together 3439 pages. In these were included five small works, now first published: namely,--1. “An Extract of Two Discourses on the Conflagration and Renovation of the World: written by James Knight, D.D., late Vicar of St. Sepulchre, London;” in which, by the way, a theory is propounded antagonistic to the millenarian theory, which Wesley countenanced some years before. 2. “An Extract from a Treatise concerning Religious Affections: by the late Rev. Jonathan Edwards.” 3. “A Short Account of John Dillon.” 4. “Instructions for Members of Religious Societies.” 5. “Christian Reflections. Translated from the French.” These “Reflections” are three hundred and thirty-six in number. We give one as a specimen of the rest. “The three greatest punishments which God can inflict on sinners, in this world, are: 1. To let loose their own desires upon them. 2. To let them succeed in all they wish for. And, 3. To suffer them to continue many years in the quiet enjoyment thereof.” Besides the above, Wesley also published “A Short Roman History.” 12mo, 155 pages. FOOTNOTES: [185] Whitehead’s Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 355. [186] Moore’s Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 259. [187] Wesley’s Works, vol. xi., p. 288. [188] Asbury’s Journal, vol. i., p. 72. [189] _Methodist Magazine_, 1786, p. 397. [190] _Methodist Magazine_, 1786, p. 567. [191] _Wesleyan Times_, May 13, 1861. [192] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., pp. 391, 392. [193] Wesley’s Works, vol xii., p. 291. [194] _Methodist Magazine_, 1831, p. 290. [195] Ibid. 1782, pp. 505, 565. [196] Query: ought not this to be 1773? [197] _Methodist Magazine_, 1842, p. 1013. [198] Manuscript. [199] _Methodist Magazine_, 1842, p. 1012. [200] Manuscript. [201] _Methodist Magazine_, 1805, p. 520.