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301 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 212.8 (John Foxe)
… two Wesleys faced all these dangers with amazing courage, and with a calmness equally astonishing. What was more irritating was the heaping up of slander …
302 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 212.9 (John Foxe)
Wesley had been in his youth a high churchman and was always deeply devoted to the Established Communion. When he found it necessary to ordain preachers …
303 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 213.1 (John Foxe)
The Wesley fellowship, which after his death grew into the great Methodist Church, was characterized by an almost military perfection of organizaton.
304 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 213.2 (John Foxe)
… upon Wesley himself. The annual conference, established in 1744, acquired a governing power only after the death of Wesley. Charles Wesley rendered the society …
305 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 213.3 (John Foxe)
… this Wesley was an apostle of the modern union of mental culture with Christian living. He published also the best matured of his sermons and various theological …
306 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 213.4 (John Foxe)
John Wesley was of but ordinary stature, and yet of noble presence. His features were very handsome even in old age. He had an open brow, an eagle nose, a clear eye …
307 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 213.5 (John Foxe)
… John Wesley, which was not grasped by his mighty mind through the aid of his Divine Leader?
308 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 213.6 (John Foxe)
… , to Wesley.
309 The Pilgrim's Progress, p. 8.1 (John Bunyan)
… . Susanna Wesley, the mother of the great John Wesley. Four people who have left a deep mark upon the world, all lie near together in this small cemetery in London …