The first was “Some Account of the late Work of God in North America, in a Sermon on Ezekiel i. 16.” 12mo, 23 pages. It was almost a misnomer to designate this a sermon; but it was vastly popular, and, before the year was out, reached a second edition. It is really a brief historical statement of American affairs from 1736 to 1778. Wesley begins with the colonisation of Georgia, passes on to the wonderful revival of religion in New England, and speaks of the amazingly successful labours of Whitefield, but affirms that, for want of forming his converts into societies, the far greater part of them became backsliders. He then traces the war to its origin, and concludes by foretelling, not the _independency_ of the rebellious colonists, which he says would be “a heavy curse,” but a restoration of civil and Christian liberty. It is dangerous to turn prophet: in one respect, Wesley’s vaticination was soon falsified. On August 14, 1777, Wesley wrote: “I drew up proposals for the _Arminian Magazine_.” We are not aware that these “Proposals” have ever been reissued, just as Wesley published them; and, as an original copy now lies before us, we insert the document _verbatim_. “_Proposals for printing, by Subscription, the_ ARMINIAN MAGAZINE; _consisting of Extracts, and Original Treatises on Universal Redemption._ “CONDITIONS. “1. A number, containing 80 pages, in octavo, printed on fine paper, and with a new type, will be delivered monthly to each subscriber, at the price of one shilling. “2. It will be so printed, as to bind up in volumes, twelve numbers in a volume. “3. This work will contain no news, no politics, no personal invectives, nothing offensive either to religion, decency, good nature, or good manners. “4. The first number will be delivered on January 1, 1778, and continued the first day of every month. “5. Subscriptions are taken in at the Foundery, London; the New Room, Bristol; and by the booksellers in town and country. “_To the Reader._ “1. Amidst the multitude of magazines which now swarm in the world, there was one, a few years ago, termed _The Christian Magazine_, which was of great use to mankind, and did honour to the publishers. But it was soon discontinued, to the regret of many serious and sensible persons. In the room of it, started up a miscreated phantom, called _The Spiritual Magazine_; and, not long after, its twin sister, oddly called _The Gospel Magazine_. Both of these are intended to show, that God is not _loving to every man_, that _His mercy is_ not _over all His works_; and, consequently, that Christ _did_ not _die for all_, but for one in ten, for the elect only.