1

THE

LIFE OF WESLEY;

AND THE

RISE AND PROGRESS

OF

Methodism.

BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq.

POET LAUREATE,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY
OF HISTORY, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, &c.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to beli e and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse: but to weigh and consider.

THE SECOND EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LORD BACON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.