Wesley Corpus

Tuesday, 13. I was desired to preach that evening, on, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Even the Calvinists were satisfied for the present; and readily acknowledged that we did not ascribe our salvation to our own works, but to the grace of God. To awaken, if possible, the careless ones at Loddon, at two in the afternoon, I opened and enforced those awful words, "Where their worm dieth mot, and the fire is not quenched." In the evening, I applied those gracious words, "All things are ready; come unto the marriage." After spending Thursday and Friday with the affectionate people at Lowestoft, on Saturday I returned to Norwich. Here I found about fifty missing out of the two hundred and sixteen whom I left in the society a year ago. Such fickleness I have not found any where else in the kingdom; no, nor even in Ireland. The chapel was full enough, both in the after noon and the evening. I declared to them the whole counsel of God, and on Monday returned to London. Wednesday, 21, being the National Fast, I preached in the new chapel in the morning, and atWest-Street in theafternoon. At this, as well as the two last Public Fasts, all places of public worship were crowded: All shops were shut up; all was quietin the streets, and seriousness seemed to spreadthrough the whole city. And one may hope even this outward acknowledgment of God is in a measure acceptable to him. -My brother, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Bucking March, 1781. JOURNAL 197 ham being ill, I went through the Service at Spitalfields alone. The congregation was much larger than usual; but my strength was as my day, both here, the new chapel, and afterwards at St. Antholin's church: The Service lasted till near nine; but I was no more tired than at nine in the morning. Fri. MARCH 2. We had our General Quarterly Meeting, and found the money subscribed this year for the payment of the public debt was between fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds. At eight in the evening I took coach for Bristol, with Mr. Rankin and two other friends. We drove with two horses as far as Reading.