│ to the end of the reference passage for consistency. │ │ │ │ Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the │ │ text or to provide additional information for the modern │ │ reader. These notes are identified in the text by a ♦ symbol, │ │ and are accumulated in a single section at the end of the │ │ book. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ THE WORKS OF THE Rev. JOHN WESLEY, M. A. Late Fellow of _Lincoln-College_, OXFORD. VOLUME I. BRISTOL: Printed by WILLIAM PINE, in _Wine-Street_. MDCCLXXI. THE CONTENTS Of the FIRST VOLUME. SERMONS on several Occasions. SERMON I. Salvation by Faith. Ephes. ii. 8. _By grace ye are saved through faith._ SERMON II. The Almost Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. _Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian._ SERMON III. Ephes. v. 14. _Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light._ SERMON IV. Scriptural Christianity. Acts iv. 31. _And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost._ SERMON V. Justification by Faith. Rom. iv. 5. _To him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted to him for righteousness._ SERMON VI. The Righteousness of Faith. Rom. x. 5, 6, 7, 8. _Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the man which doeth those things shall live by them._ _But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise. Say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into heaven? That is, to bring Christ down from above:_ _Or who shall descend into the deep? That is, to bring Christ again from the dead._ _But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart; that is the word of faith, which we preach._ SERMON VII. Mark i. 15. _The kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel._ SERMON VIII. The First-Fruits of the Spirit.