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 believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse: but to weigh and consider.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LORD BACON.

LONDON:

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

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1820.

ENGLISH

OXFORD

LIBRARY

Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, Printers-Street, London.

ΤΟ

SHARON TURNER,

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

&c. &o.

THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED,

IN THE HOPE

THAT THE OPINIONS WHICH THEY EXPRESS WILL NOT BE

DISAPPROVED BY HIS JUDGEMENT;

IN THE CERTAINTY

THAT THE FEELING WHICH PERVADES THEM IS CONGENIAL

WITH HIS OWN;

AND IN MEMORIAL

OF TRUE RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP.