Is it surprising that, after this, Calvinism was discussed at the conference of 1770; and that, just before it commenced its sittings, Wesley wrote the following unpublished letter to his friend, Mr. Merryweather, at Yarm? “YORK, _June 24, 1770_. “MY DEAR BROTHER,--Mr. Augustus Toplady I know well; but I do not fight with chimney sweepers. He is too dirty a writer for me to meddle with; I should only foul my fingers. I read his title page, and troubled myself no farther. I leave him to Mr. Sellon. He cannot be in better hands. “As long as you are seeking and expecting to love God with all your heart, so long your soul will live. “I am your affectionate brother, “JOHN WESLEY.” FOOTNOTES: [79] _Methodist Magazine_, 1781, p. 46. [80] “Life and Times of Countess of Huntingdon,” vol. i., p. 387. [81] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 375. [82] Ibid. p. 350. [83] Wesley’s Works, vol. xii., p. 148. [84] Whitefield’s Works, vol. iii. [85] _Methodist Magazine_, 1784, p. 224. [86] Whitehead’s Life of Wesley, vol. ii., p. 345. [87] Thomas Dixon’s manuscript journal. [88] “Life of Lady Glenorchy,” p. 155. [89] One of the ministers of the Tolbooth church,--a man of great abilities and of polished manners, but an avowed Calvinist of the highest order.--(Lady Glenorchy’s Life, p. 132.) [90] “Life of Lady Glenorchy,” p. 156. [91] _Methodist Magazine_, 1784, p. 279. [92] “Life of Lady Glenorchy,” pp. 163, 226. [93] “Life and Times of Lady Huntingdon,” vol. i., p. 157. [94] Lady Glenorchy’s Life, p. 223. [95] Ibid. p. 239. [96] _Methodist Magazine_, 1816, p. 730. [97] _Methodist Magazine_, 1851, p. 837. [98] _Methodist Magazine_, 1784, p. 330. [99] Ibid. 1784, p. 614. [100] _Methodist Magazine_, 1814, p. 166. [101] Manuscript. [102] _Methodist Magazine_, 1807, p. 242. [103] The following hitherto unpublished letter was addressed to Matthew Lowes, and refers both to circuit, and connexional chapel, debts. “LONDON, _March 2, 1770_. “DEAR MATTHEW,--The way you propose for clearing the circuit is, I think, the very best which can be devised. Only let your fellow labourers second _you heartily_, and the thing will be done. “Four or five circuits exerted themselves nobly. Had all the rest done the same our burden would have been quite removed. Well, _we_ will fight till we die. “I am, etc., J. WESLEY.” [104] Myles’s History.