THE LIFE OF WESLEY.

THE

LIFE OF WESLEY;

AND

THE RISE AND PROGRESS

OF METHODISM.

BY

ROBERT SOUTHEY,

POET LAUREATE.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;
to find talk and discourse: but to weigh and consider.”—Lord Bacon.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

ELL & DALDY, 6, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN,

AND 186, FLEET STREET.

1864.

16

ΤΟ

SHARON TURNER,

AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS,
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND,

&c. &c.

THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED,

IN THE HOPE

THAT THE OPINIONS WHICH THEY EXPRESS WILL NOT BE
DISAPPROVED BY HIS JUDGMENT;

IN THE CERTAINTY

THAT THE FEELING WHICH PERVADES THEM IS CONGENIAL
WITH HIS OWN:

AND IN MEMORIAL

OF TRUE RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP.