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and pockets at my decease, to be equally divided between Thomas Briscoe, William Coins, John Easton, uнa Isaac Brown!

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I give my chaise and horses to James Ward and Charles Wheeler, in trust, to be sold; and the money to be divided, one half to Hannah Abbott, and the other to the poor iem bers of the Select Society.

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Out of the first money which arises from the sale of books, I bequeath to my dear sister Martha Hall, (ff'ahve) 402., 48' Mr. Creighton aforesaid, 40, and to the Rev. Mr. Heath Gol."

And whereas am empowered by fate Deed to Hamle the persons who are to preach in the New Chapel at London, (the Clergymen for a continuance) and by another Deed to name a Committee for appointing Preachers in the New ChapePat Bath, Tad hereby appoint John Richardson, Thomas Coke, James Creighton, Peard Dickenson, Clerks ; Alexander Mather, William Thompson, Henry Moore,

Andrew, Blair, John Valton, Joseph Bradford, James Rogers, and William Myles, to preach in the New Chapel at London, and to be the Committee for appointing Preachers in the New Chapel at Bath.

I likewise appoint Henry Brooke, Painter, Arthur Keen, Gent. and William Whitestone, Stationer, all of Dublin, to receive the annuity of 51. (English) left to Kingswood School by the late Roger Shiel, Esq..

I give 61. to be divided among the six poor men, named by the Assistant, who shall carry my body to the grave, for I particularly desire there may be no hearse, no coach, no escutcheon, no pomp, except the tears of them that loved me, and are following me to Abraham's bosom. I solemnly adjure my Executors in the name of God, punctually to observe this.

Lastly, I give to each of those Travelling Preachers who shall remain in the Connexion six months after my decease, as a little token of my love, the eight volumes of sermons.

I appoint John Horton, George Wolff; and William Marriott, aforesaid, to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament, for which trouble they will receive no recompence till the resurrection of the just.

Witness my hand and seal, the 20th day of February, JOHN WESLEY, (Seal.)

1789.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us,

Should there be any part of my personal estate undisposed of by this my Will, I give the same unto my two nieces, E. Ellison, and S. Collet, equally.

WILLIAM CLULOW,

ELIZABETH CLULÓW.

JOHN WESLEY.

Feb. 25, 1789.

I give my types, printing-presses, and every thing pertaining thereto, to Mr. Thomas Rankin, and Mr. George Whitfield, in trust for the use of the Conference.

JOHN WESLEY.

IN the above WILL it will be seen, that Mr. Wesley, in accordance with the preceding DEED, specially provided for the supply of the New Chapel in London, and the New Chapel in Bath, by nominating certain Preachers to officiate in the former, and to constitute a Committee for appointing Preachers to officiate in the latter. As this, however, was an occasion of uneasiness to several of the Preachers, after considerable conversation it was agreed, in order to remove every ground of dissatisfaction, and to promote and perpetuate good will and harmony among the Brethren, that the Preachers specified in the WILL for the above purposes, should be requested to use the authority thus vested in them, in entire subservience to the Conference. To this request they accordingly agreed, and the following Declaration was enrolled in the Journal of the Conference, and signed (with the exception of MR. RICHARDSON, who was not present) by each of those Preachers, as follows:→

"WE, the underwritten, being appointed by the WILL of the late REV. JOHN WESLEY, as a Committee to preach in, and appoint Preachers for the New Chapel, in the City Road, London; and also the Methodist Chapel in King Street, in Bath: Do engage, that we will use all the rights and privileges given us by Mr. Wesley, in the present instance, in ENTIRE SUBSERVIENCE to the Conference.

THOMAS COKE,

JAMES CREIGHTON,

ANDREW BLAIR,

JOHN VALTON,

1791.

PEARD DICKENson, \/ Joseph Bradford,

ALEXANDER MATHER, JAMES ROGERS,

WILLIAM THOMPSON, WILLIAM MYLES."
HENRY MOORE,

THE next public document which claims attention,-that by which the special character and work of the Preachers are defined, and which contains most of the Rules whereby they consent to be governed, is generally called the "Large Minutes;" described in the Preface, (pp. iv, v.) They are here subjoined:

Minutes of several Conversations, between the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., and others. From the Year 1744 to the Year 1789. ta

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Ir is desired, That all things be considered as in the immediate presence of God.

That every person speak freely whatever is in his heart.

Q. 1. How may we best improve the time of this Conference?

A. I. While we are conversing, let us have an especial care to set God always before us.

2. In the intermediate hours, let us redeem all the time we can for private exercises.

3. Therein let us give ourselves to prayer for one another, and for a blessing on this our labour.

Q. 2. HAVE our Conferences been as useful as they might have been?

A. No: we have been continually straitened for time. Hence, scarce any thing has been searched to the bottom. To remedy this, let every Conference last nine days, concluding on Wednesday in the second week.

Q. 3. WHAT may we reasonably believe to be God's design in raising up the Preachers called Methodists?

A. Not to form any new Sect, but to reform the nation, particularly the Church; and to spread scriptural holiness over the land.

Q. 4. WHAT was the rise of Methodism, so called?

A. In 1729, two young men, reading the Bible, saw they could not be saved without holiness, followed after it, and incited others so to do. In 1737, they saw holiness comes by faith. They saw likewise, that men are justified before they are sanctified: but still holiness was their point.

God then thrust them out, utterly against their will, to raise a holy people. When Satan could no otherwise hinder this, he threw Calvinism in the way; and then Antinomianism, which strikes directly at the root of all holiness.