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"The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: Who can know it" Jer. 17:9.

"If riches increase, set not thine heart upon them." Ps. 62:10

PREACHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE REV. MR. JOHN FLETCHER VICAR OF MADELEY, SHROPSHIRE TO THE READER It was a consciousness of my own inability to describe in a manner worthy of the subject...

BENJAMIN CALAMY ABRIDGED AND REVISED BY JOHN WESLEY [This Sermon was originally written by Benjamin Calamy, D.D., Vicar of St. Lawrence, Jewry, London. It occurs, p. 275, in a volume of Sermons which...

"Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid shall there be evil in the city, and the Lord hath not done it" Amos 3:6.

PREACHED AT ST. MARY'S OXFORD, ON WHITSUNDAY, 1736 "Now the Lord is that Spirit." 2 Cor. 3:17

"Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good." Rom. 7:12

"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Gen. 6:5.

Preached before the Society for Reformation of Manners on Sunday, January 30, 1763 at the Chapel in West-Street, Seven-Dials "Who will rise up with me against the wicked" Ps. 94:16.

"If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is...

"Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Mark 1:15.

"If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." Luke 16:31

Preached at St. Mary's Oxford, before the university, on June 18, 1738 "By Grace are ye saved through faith." Ephesians 2.8

Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the university, August 24, 1744. [This Sermon was originally published in a separate pamphlet, accompanied by the following address "to the reader," to which was...

"Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart...

John Wesley (1703-1791) is the chief architect and source of inspiration to the teaching commonly referred to as Christian perfection. Among his many publications, the book that best summarizes his...

Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the university, on July 25, 1741. "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26.28.

Preached on Sunday April 4, 1742, before the University of Oxford, by the Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A. student of Christ-Church "Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give...

"Will the Lord absent himself for ever And will he be no more entreated Is his mercy clean gone for ever And is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore" Ps. 77:7, 8.

"Brethren, be not children in understanding: Howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men." 1 Cor. 14:20.

"And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart And Jehonadab...

"O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord; what destruction he hath brought upon the earth!" Ps. 46:8.

"Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered" Jer. 8:22.

"And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name: and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not." Mark 9:38...

"Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect." Phil. 3:12.