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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REV. JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY, AND SEVERAL OF THE PREACHERS: WITH AN ENGRAVING.

THE annexed document is a fac simile of an agreement between the parties whose names it bears. The hand-writing is that of Mr. John Wesley. It is a fine illustration of the spirit of those blessed men whom the God of all grace employed as a means of reviving religion in these lands, and is worthy of being preserved for the moral benefit of Christians in general, and especially of those who are united together in the holy ministry.

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Or two so distant in degree,
Descend, arise, and meet in thee?

Falsely to thee the great pretend;
Not all their gold can buy a friend;
Who fancy thee their easy spoil,
Attracted by a high-born smile e;
Thou wilt not yield thy treasures up
To crown their impudence of hope.

Thee to procure how fond their boast!
The beggars cannot bear the cost;
Nor will the flatter'd worms submit,
To lay their honours at thy feet,
Give up their life in Friendship's name,
And sacrifice their dearer fame.

Strangers to truth, how can it be
That such should suffer it from thee!
And therefore banish'd from their sight,
Thou tak'st thine everlasting flight,
Nor stoop'st again to souls so mean,
When Pride has fix'd the gulf between.

Far from the world thy calm retreat,
The needy rich, and vulgar great,
Who mourn their impotence of power,
And want relief amidst their store;
For thy support the wretches sigh,
And pine in vain for Love's supply.

Poor is the man by slaves adored,
Of kneeling worlds the friendless Lord :
The blessings of a friend to' obtain,
A thousand barter'd worlds were gain;
Yet none that blessing can bestow,
But HE who died to save his foe!

That happy man whom Jesus loves,
And with peculiar smiles approves,
On him the angel shall descend,
And God shall bless him with a friend;
To none but chosen vessels given,
The highest favourites of heaven.

THE END.

LONDON-PRINTED BY JAMES NICHOLS, HOXTON-SQUARE.

WORKS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR,

PUBLISHED BY JOHN MASON, AT THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE OFFICE, 14, CITY-ROAD; AND SOLD AT 66, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

I.

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE REV. RICHARD WATSON, late Secretary to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Second Edition. 8vo. Turkey cambric, gilt-lettered. Price 10s. -Royal 18mo., cambric, gilt-lettered. Price 6s.

II.

THE LIFE OF JOHN GOODWIN, A.M. Comprising an Account of his Opinions and Writings, and of the Controversies in which he was engaged in Defence of Religious Liberty and of General Redemption with a Review of several Public Transactions in Great Britain during the Civil Wars and the Inter-Regnum. 8vo., cambric. Price 10s. 6d.

III.

THE CENTENARY OF WESLEYAN METHODISM. A brief Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and present State of the WesleyanMethodist Societies throughout the World. Post 8vo. Price 68. cambric, gilt-lettered.-Demy 12mo. Price 3s.-Also an abridged Edition, for the Use of Sunday-Schools. 18mo., cambric. Price 1s. 6d.

IV.

EXPOSITORY DISCOURSES ON VARIOUS SCRIPTURE FACTS AND CHARACTERS. In One Vol., Post 8vo. cambric. Price 78.

V.

THE CHURCH AND THE METHODISTS.

The Principles

and Conduct of Mr. Wesley, and of the Religious Connexion founded by him, in regard to the Church of England: being the Substance of a Speech addressed to the Wesleyan Conference; and published at the Request of that Body. Third Edition. 8vo. Price 18.

VI.

WESLEYAN METHODISM A REVIVAL OF APOSTOLICAL CHRISTIANITY. A Sermon, preached by Appointment before the Wesleyan Conference, in the Brunswick Chapel, Liverpool, on Monday, August 5th, 1839, on Occasion of the Celebration of the Centenary of Wesleyan Methodism. Published by Request. Seventh Edition. Post 8vo. Price 18.

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Works by the same Author.

VII.

THE FULFILMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: a Charge addressed to Fifty-two young Preachers, on their Admission into full Ministerial Connexion with the Methodist Conference, and their Ordination to the Sacred Office, in the Brunswick Chapel, Liverpool, on Friday Evening, August 9th, 1839. Published at the request of the Conference. Post 8vo. Price 8d.

VIII.

AN EXPOSITION OF THE NINTH CHAPTER OF THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS: Wherein, by the tenor and carriage of the contents of the said chapter, from first to last, is plainly showed and proved, that the Apostle's scope therein is to assert and maintain his great Doctrine of Justification by Faith, and that here he discourseth nothing at all concerning any Personal Election or Reprobation of Men from Eternity. With THE BANNER OF JUSTIFICATION DISPLAYED. By JOHN GOODWIN, A. M. To which is added, EIRENO MACHIA: the Agreement and Distance of Brethren. With a Preface by THOMAS JACKSON. cambric. Price 8s.

8vo.,

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THE CHRISTIAN ARMED AGAINST INFIDELITY. Collection of Tracts in Defence of Divine Revelation. With Introductory Remarks. By THOMAS JACKSON. 18mo., cambric. Price 2s. 6d.

X.

LIVES OF EARLY METHODIST PREACHERS. Chiefly written by themselves. Edited by THOMAS JACKSON. Complete in Three Vols. 12mo., cambric, gilt-lettered. Price 15s.

XI.

A LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHY. Edited by THOMAS JACKSON. Containing the Lives of DR. ISAAC WATTS, THOMAS HALIBURTON, PEARD DICKENSON, JOHN Janeway, SIR MATTHEW HALE, JOSEPH ALLEINE, NATHANAEL HEYWOOD, SAMUEL PEARCE, JOHN SHOWER, SAMUEL NEWELL, AGNES BEAUMONT, ARCHBISHOP CRANMER, BISHOP LATIMER, COLONel GarDINER, MARQUIS DE RENTY, FREEBORN GARRETTSON, BISHOP BEDELL, A. W. BOEHM, DR. HENRY HAMMOND, the EARL OF ROCHESTER, DR. THOMAS MANTON, MONSIEUR CLAUDE, DR. ROBERT SANDERSON, ELIZABETH ROWE, JOHN M'LAURIN, JOHN HOWE, LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS, VAVASOR POWELL, HOWELL HARRIS, ARCHBISHOP USHER, Dr. Horneck, and BISHOP Ken. Complete in Twelve Vols. 18mo., cambric. Price 2s. 6d. each.

LONDON :-PRINTED BY JAMES NICHOLS, HOXTON-SQUARE.

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