Memoirs of the Late Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Volume 3
With a Review of his Life and Writings, and a History of Methodism, from its Commencement in 1729, to the Present Time
Memoirs of the Late Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Volume 3
With a Review of his Life and Writings, and a History of Methodism, from its Commencement in 1729, to the Present Time
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108064200
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 26/09/2013
Width: 14 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
This three-volume account of the life of John Wesley (1703–91) was published in the year of his death. Written by John Hampson (c.1753–1819), a Church of England clergyman and former Methodist preacher, the work also contains a thorough review of Wesley's writings and a history of Methodism. Hampson's excellent overview of contemporary assessments of the preacher is more balanced than John Whitehead's two-volume Life of the Rev. John Wesley (1793–6), which has also been reissued in this series. Volume 3 gives an account of Wesley's death, but is predominantly concerned with a critique of Methodist theology, activity and mode of preaching. It gives a measured assessment of Wesley's character and reflects on the opposition to the work's previous volumes displayed by Wesley's executors, highlighting the struggle over his legacy - a matter of great importance in the history of Methodism.
Advertisement; 1. Progress of Methodism in America (cont.); 2. Observations on the origin and progress of Methodism; 3. Of the principles of Methodism; 4. Of the Methodistic discipline; 5. Reasons for interfering with the clergy. Of preaching extempore, and in the open air; 6. Of the influence of Methodism; 7. Controversy between Mr Wesley and others; 8. Of his writings in general; 9. A review of his character; 10. His last sickness and death; 11. Last will and testament.
