Wesley Corpus

Being desired to visit adyingman on Kingsdown, I had no time but at two o'clock. The sun shone without a cloud ; so that I had awarm journey. But I was well repaid ; for the poor sinner found peace. At five I preached to an immense multitude in the Square ; and God comforted many drooping souls. I set out for the west, and in the evening preached atTaunton, on, " Walk worthy of the Lord. " Tuesday, 31. After preaching at Collumpton about noon, in the evening I preached at Exeter, in a convenient Room, lately a school ; I suppose formerly a chapel. It is both neat and solemn, and is 166 REV. J. WESLEY'S Sept. 1779. believed to contain four or five hundred people. Manywere present again at five in the morning, SEPTEMBER 1, and found it a comfortable opportunity. Here a gentleman, just come from Plymouth, gave us a very remarkable account :-" For two days the combined fleets of France and Spain lay at the mouth of the harbour. They might have entered it with per- fect ease. The wind was fair; there was no fleet to oppose them ; and the island, which is the grand security ofthe place, being incapable of giving them any hinderance ; for there was scarce any garrison, and the few men that were there had no wadding at all, and but two rounds of powder." But had they not cannon ? Yes, in abundance ; but only two of them were mounted ! Why then did they not go in, destroy the dock, and burn, or at least plunder, the town ? I believe they could hardly tell themselves. The plain reason was, the bridle of Godwas in their teeth ; and He had said, " Hitherto shall ye come, and no farther." After preaching at Tiverton, Halberton, Taunton, and South- Brent, in the way, on Saturday, 4, I returned to Bristol. -Being willing to make the best of the fine weather, I preached at eight on the quay, on, " The Lord sitteth above the water-flood : And the Lord remaineth a King for ever." At ten I began the service at Kingswood ; and in the afternoon preached in the avenue, to a multitude of people. But we had