John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, Journal Notes, Sermons, Letters and Treatises

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Paulist Press, 1981 - 412 pages
"...an important ecumenical series..." Methodist Recorder John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, Journal Notes, Sermons, Letters and Treatises edited with an introduction by Frank Whaling, preface by Albert Outler "... I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for my salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death." John Wesley (1703-1791) John and Charles Wesley were the leaders of the Methodist revival that swept early eighteenth-century England and resulted in the founding of what was destined to become a major force in the history of Christianity. In this volume, the works of the two men who shared a spiritual as well as a natural brotherhood are considered. From John's early period are taken his Forms of Prayer, Scheme of Self-Examination, and translations of German hymns. His mature spirituality is revealed in selections from his Journal, Rules for Methodist Societies, the Plain Account of Genuine Christianity, the Covenant Service of 1780, selected letters, and the classic treatment of the fundamental theme of his life, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. Together with a selection of Charles's hymns, these works reveal a spirituality that synthesized into a unique "Wesleyan" blend elements from the Church Fathers, Catholic mystics, and Protestant Reformers. In so doing, explains Frank Whaling in his introduction to this book, the Wesleys have given us a vision of God that is a gift "so far mainly appropriated by the people called Methodists, but available in essence to all...." +

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JOHN WESLEYS SPIRITUALITY A COLLECTION OF FORMS OF PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK
77
A SCHEME OF SELFEXAMINATION
85
ADVICE ON SPIRITUAL READING PART OF THE PREFACE TO JOHN WESLEYS ABRIDGMENT OF THOMAS A KEMPIS TREATISE OF T...
88
JOHN WESLEYS TRANSLATIONS OF SOME GERMAN HYMNS
90
EXTRACTS FROM JOHN WESLEYS JOURNAL
99
THE NATURE DESIGN AND GENERAL RULES OF THE UNITED SOCIETIES
108
A MEDITATION ON THE LORDS PRAYER AN EXTRACT FROM WESLEYS SERMON ON THE MOUNT VI
111
A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF GENUINE CHRISTIANITY 1753
121
ELEVEN LETTERS OF SPIRITUAL COUNSEL
162
THE HYMNS of CHARLES WESLEY
173
PREFACE AND SELECTION OF HYMNS FROM THE 1780 HANDBOOK
175
SELECTION OF HYMNS FROM HYMNS ON THE LORDS SUPPER of 1745
251
SELECTION OF OTHER HYMNS BY CHARLES WESLEY
273
A PLAIN ACCOUNT of CHRISTIAN PERFECTION
297
A SERVICE for SUCH AS WOULD MAKE or RENEW THEIR COVENANT WITH GOD A Modern Adaptation
379
BIBLIOGRAPHY
389

WESLEYS COVENANT SERVICE DIRECTIONS FOR RENEWING OUR COVENANT WITH GOD
134
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE REVEREND JOHN FLETCHER
146
FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION
395
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