[17] Liverpool old society book. [18] Wesley’s Works, vol. xiv., p. 276. [19] Ibid. vol. xii., p. 126. [20] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 126. All this confusion arose chiefly out of the half insane ravings of Bell and his friends in 1762. In a long, unpublished letter, dated September 29, 1764, Wesley writes: “I never staggered at all at the reveries of George Bell. I saw instantly, at the beginning and from the beginning, what was right and what was wrong; but I saw withal, ‘I have many things to speak, but you cannot bear them now.’ Hence, many imagined I was _imposed_ upon; and applauded themselves in their greater perspicacity; as they do at this day. ‘But if you knew it,’ says his friend to Gregory Lopez, ‘why did you not tell me?’ I answer with him, ‘I do not speak all I know, but what I judge needful.’ Still, I am persuaded, there is no state under heaven from which it is not possible to fall.” [21] _Methodist Magazine_, 1783, p. 681. [22] Wesley’s seal is a dove, having in its mouth an olive branch, and surrounded with the words “Nuncia Pacis.” [23] _Methodist Magazine_, 1805, p. 277. [24] Ibid. 1808, p. 297. [25] _Theological Magazine_, 1802, p. 39. [26] _Methodist Magazine_, 1803, p. 215. [27] _Methodist Magazine_, 1813, p. 441. [28] Wesley’s Works, vol. iii., p. 320. [29] _Methodist Magazine_, 1815, p. 459. [30] Taylor’s “Redeeming Grace.” [31] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 359. [32] _Methodist Magazine_, 1785, p. 491. [33] Atmore’s “Memorial”; and _Methodist Magazine_, 1851, p. 869. [34] Wesley’s Works, vol. iii., p. 324. [35] _Gentleman’s Magazine_, 1744, p. 51. [36] _Methodist Magazine_, 1825, p. 454. [37] _Wesleyan Times_, June 19, 1849. [38] Entwisle’s Memoir, p. 31. [39] _Methodist Magazine_, 1826, p. 464. [40] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 127. [41] Minutes of Conference. [42] A manuscript circular, signed by Wesley himself. [43] _London Magazine_, 1768, p. 125. [44] Philip’s Life of Whitefield, p. 492. [45] _London Magazine_, 1768, p. 214. [46] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 281. [47] Ibid. vol. xii., p. 126. [48] “Life and Times of Howel Harris,” p. 246. 1769. Age 66