THE WORKS OF THE Rev. JOHN WESLEY ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Transcriber’s Notes │ │ │ │ │ │ Punctuation has been standardized. │ │ │ │ The author has used an asterisk (*) to indicate passages he │ │ considers most worthy of attention. │ │ │ │ Characters in small caps have been replaced by all caps. │ │ │ │ Non-printable characteristics have been given the following │ │ Italic text: --> _text_ │ │ │ │ This book was written in a period when many words had │ │ not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have │ │ multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in │ │ the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated │ │ with a Transcriber’s Note. │ │ │ │ Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript │ │ number and are shown immediately below the paragraph in which │ │ they appear. │ │ │ │ Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the │ │ text or to provide additional information for the modern │ │ reader. These notes are identified by ♦♠♥♣ symbols in the │ │ text and are shown immediately below the paragraph in which │ │ they appear. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ THE WORKS OF THE Rev. JOHN WESLEY, M.A. Late Fellow of _Lincoln-College_, OXFORD. VOLUME IV. BRISTOL: Printed by WILLIAM PINE, in _Wine-Street_ MDCCLXXI. THE CONTENTS Of the FOURTH VOLUME. SERMONS on several Occasions. SERMON XLVIII. On Self-denial. Luke ix. 23. _And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me._ SERMON XLIX. The Cure of Evil-speaking.