Wesley Corpus

Again: have not that joy in the Holy Ghost; no settled, lasting joy. Nor have I such a peace as excludes the possibility either of fear or doubt. When holy men have told me I had no faith, I have often doubted whether I had or no. Andthose doubts have made me very uneasy, till I was relieved by prayer and the Holy Scriptures. Yet, upon the whole, although I have not yet that joy in the Holy Ghost, nor the full assurance of faith, much less am I, in the full sense of the words, "in Christ a new creature." I nevertheless trust that Ihave a measure of faith, and am "accepted in the Beloved:" I trust, "the hand-writing that was against me is blotted out;" and that I am "reconciled to God" through his Son. . I preached twice at the Castle, and afterward expounded at three societies. Wednesday evening I came to London again ; and on Friday met a society (of soldiers chiefly) at Westminster. On Sunday, 22,1 preached at Bloomsbury, in the morning, and at Shadwell in the afternoon. Wednesday, 25, I preached at Basingshaw church; on Friday morning, at St. Antholin's; on Sunday, at Islington and at London-Wall. In the evening, being troubled at what some said of " the kingdom of God within us," and doubtful of my own state, I called upon God, and received this answer from his word: " He himself also waited for the kingdom of God." " But should not I wait in silence and retirement?" was the thought that immediately struck into my mind. I opened my Testament again, on those words, " Seest thcu not, how faith wrought together with his works? And by works was faith made perfect." Fri. Noy. 3. I preached at St. Antholin's: Sunday, 5, in the morning, at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate ; in the afternoon, at Islington ; and in the evening, to such a congregation as I never saw before, at St. Clement's, in the Strand. As this was the first time of my preaching here, I suppose it is to be the last. On Wednesday, my brother and I went, at their earnest desire, to do the last good office to the