The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley: Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the MethodistsTyerman, L. (Luke)
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The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley: Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists
Tyerman, L. (Luke)
Church of England -- Clergy -- Biography; Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735
In succeeding numbers there are kindred articles, evidently by the same
practised pen. One is on “Scripture Chronology;” another is, “A Critical
Inquiry into the Number, Names, Division, and Order of the Books of the
Old Testament;” another is, “The Ancient Manner of Reading, Writing, and
Preserving the Law of Moses, as an evidence of the unparalleled care
taken in former times to preserve the Bible in its purity and
perfection;” another is, “A Scriptural Account of the Nature, Original,
and Divine Authority of the Bible, as it is Canonical, in opposition to
the Apocrypha, and all other books of human composition or oral
tradition;” and another is, “On the Evidences of the Divine Original of
the Scriptures; on the Ways and Means of understanding the Scriptures;
and on the Necessity and Excellency of their use and Study.”
The three volumes contain reviews of nearly two hundred books and other
publications; the first of which is a review of “The Life of the Rev.
Thomas Brand; and his Funeral Sermon, by Dr Annesley.” It is scarce
likely that the whole of these reviews were written by Mr Wesley; but it
is more than probable that he was the reviewer of this work of his
wife’s father. He thinks that “Dissenters and Churchmen will soon be
better friends; and though they may not be able to unite so perfectly as
to come under one form of discipline, yet they may give one another the
right hand of fellowship, and be without any other heat than that of
holy emulation, which shall excel in practical godliness, and in the
lively exercises of those graces that shall be most beneficial to
mankind, and of most edification to the Church of Christ.”
The frontispiece of each monthly number is curious: in one corner, is a
clergyman in gown and bands and a broad-brimmed hat; in another, a
scholar writing at a desk; and between the two, a hive of bees,
surrounded by plants and flowers; while above and below are three
mottoes, viz., “_Sic nos non nobis mellificamus apes_;” “_Omnia in
libris_;” and,
“All plants yield honey, as you see,
To the industrious chymic bee.”
It is only fair to add, that on the title-page of vol. ii., the
“Complete Library” is said to be “by R. W.,” Master of Arts, but there
can be little doubt that the “R” is a misprint.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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