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
Description of London, 107
State of the Country, 108
Religion and Morals, 111
CHAPTER VI.
ORDINATION AND MARRIAGE—1688, 1689.
Hardships at College, 113
Ordained a Deacon at Bromley, 113
Bishop Sprat, 114
Ordained a Priest in Holborn, 114
Bishop Compton, 114
Distinguished Clergymen, 115
Distinguished Dissenters, 117
Other Distinguished Men, 117
Wesley’s First Curacy, 118
Dr Annesley, 119
Samuel Annesley, jun., 121
The Father of Mrs Annesley, 122
Susannah Wesley, 125
CHAPTER VII.
THE “ATHENIAN GAZETTE”—1690–1695.
South Ormsby, 128
The Rural Clergyman, 129
Dunton projects the _Athenian Gazette_, 131
_Lacedemonian Mercury_, 133
Elkanah Settle, 133
Wesley and the Swearer, 134
Richard Sault and the Second Spira, 135
John Norris, 136
Nahum Tate, 137
Jonathan Swift, 137
Sir William Temple, 138
Mrs Rowe, 138
Charles Gildon, 138
History of Athenian Society, 138
Gildon’s Character of Wesley, 139
Questions Answered in _Athenian Gazette_, 141
Wesley’s Opinions of Quakers, 143
Wesley’s Theological Opinions, 143
Wesley’s Opinion of Churchmen and Dissenters, 148
CHAPTER VIII.
MORE LITERARY WORK—1692, 1693.
“The Young Student’s Library,” 150
Its fantastic Frontispiece, 150
Contents of Young Student’s Library, 151
Wesley’s Article on Hebrew Points, 152
Wesley’s Essay on all sorts of Learning, 155
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