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DN.B.
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Three duodecimo MS volumes of writings by Susanna Wesley, in the Library of Wesley College, Bristol.
A volume inscribed inside the front cover, in Susanna's handwriting, "S.W.
Headingley MSS A, B, C Headingley MSS A 1709". Ff. 62-192 contain prayers and meditations written by Susanna.
A volume entitled "Poems &c by the Revd. Samuel Wesley, Rector of Epworth. And Meditations and Reflexions by Mrs. Susanna Wesley wife to the above."
A volume containing: (a) a letter from Headingley MSS B Headingley MSS C Susanna to Samuel Wesley junior, dated "Epworth 11 Oct. 1709."; (b) a letter from Susanna to her daughter Sukey, expounding the Apostles' Creed, and dated
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Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society.
Publications of the Wesley Historical Society.
Proceedings of W.H..S.
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INDEX A Aldersgate Street, 163f.
Allein, Joseph, 50 Allein, Richard, 37 Allhallows the Wall, 48 Alsop, Vincent, 195 Anglicanism, 15, 17, 30, 57, 58, 60, B Baillie, John, 116f.
Baker, Frank, 182 Baptists, 58Bates, William, 39, 195 Bathurst, Anne, 26 Bathurst, Elizabeth, 26 Baxter, Richard, 25, 29, 35ff., 39, 62, 148, 168, 186, 205 Anne, Queen, 88 Annesley, Anne, 48, 49 Annesley, Arthur, 1st Earl of 50ff., 59, 62f., 97, 105f., 138ff., 143-4, 150~1, 163, 168, 180, 193, 195, 2o01f.
Beecham, H. A., 79 Beveridge, William 60, 138 Bibliotheca Annesleana, 31, 52 Bodleian Library, 79 Bohler, Peter, 166f.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John Lord, Anglesey, 20, 37 Annesley, Benjamin, 44 Annesley, Elizabeth. See Dunton, Elizabeth Annesley, John, 20 Annesley, Judith, 48 Annesley, Mary, 217 Annesley, Dr. Samuel, 14, Chapter
Bourignon, Antoinette, 187 Brailsford, Edward John, 14 Brailsford, Mabel R., 14, 164 Brand, Thomas, 38, 62 Bristol, 181, 204 Brookes, Thomas, 194 Buckingham, Duke and Duchess of, One, passim, 44, 46, 48ff., 56, 59, 61ff., 92, 99, 131, 134ff., 140ff., 186ff., 194ff., 216f.
Annesley, Samuel, junior, 44, 70, 75,
Annesley, Sarah, 48 Anselm, St., 31 Antinomianism, 194f.
Apostolic Fathers, The, 187 Aquinas, St. Thomas, 190 Aristotle, 153 Arminian Magazine, The, 119, 214 Assurance, 141, 147, 161, 170, 173f.,
Bull, George, bp., 156-7 Bunhill Fields, 206 Bunyan, John, 50, 126, 142f., 206 Cc Cajetan, Thomas, 31 Calamy, Edmund, 20, 36 Calvinism, 18ef.
Cambridge Platonists, 138, 187 Case, Thomas, 24 191-99 Athenian Mercury, The, 76ff.
Augustine, St., 31, 187 Axholme, Lincs., 72, 135
at INDEX * Castaniza, Juan de, 136, 138, 187 Catholicism, Roman, 15, 28, 30, 31, Dunton, Elizabeth (née Annesley), 34f., 43ff., 48, 62, 65, 107, 118, 138, 140, 146, 190, 196, 206 Dunton, John, 25, 28ff, 35, 43, 45ff., 39, 83, 136, 138 Charles I, 23 Charles II, 23 Chatham, Kent, 21 65, 72f., 75f., 80f., 83, 195 Christian Library, ed. John Wesley, 40, E Eachard, John, 76 East India Company, 44 Eliot, John, 35fEpworth, Lincs., 43f., 51, 54, 61, 68f.,
50; 139, 187 Church of England, 16, 20, 28, 57, 59, 61, 67, 77, 168 Civil War, English, 21, 24 Clark, Samuel, 138 Clarke, Adam, 12, 65, 67, 72, 87, 88, 74f., 81ff., 88, 99, 101, 103, 105,
10Q, I12, 117, 120, 123, 126, 128,
135, 165,°167, 180, 185f., 205, 210 Essex, Earl of, 24 156f., 181, 199 Clarke, Eliza, 13f.
Clement of Alexandria, 187 Cliffe, Kent, 21, 23 Coe, B. W., 214n., 215n., 216 Commandments, Ten, 125 Communion, Holy, 45, 57, 139; F Faith, 40, 124, 135, 137, 145, 15tf., 154, 160, 166ff,m 177m 188, 192, 196f., 202 Fathers, The, 3of., 78 Fénelon, abp., 187 First Century of Scandalous Malignant 144ff., 162, 175, 178, 198 Congregationalism, 28, 58 Conscience, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 89, 92, 135, 141f., 188, 192f., 195fConvocation, 73, 74, 98
Cragg, Gerald, 148 Creed, Apostles', 123, 124, 152, 153, Pnests, 20 :
Forsyth, P. T., 142 Foundery, Moorfields, 175ff., 180f.
French, Elizabeth, 59 From Puritanism to the Age of Reason, 157, 169 Crisp, Tobias, 194 Cromwell, Oliver, 23, 59 Cromwell, Richard, 24 Curnock, Nehemiah, 162 148, 170, 199 G Gainsborough, Lincs., 68, 124 Gardiner, S. R., 49 Georgia, 128, 166, 174 Geree, John, 50 Gerhard, John, 31 Gildon, Charles, 77 Gill, Frederick C., 19 Greeves, Frederic, 196 Gregory of Nyssa, 31 Guyon, Madame, 187 D Dangerfield, Thomas, 27f., 49 Defoe, Daniel, 30, 32f., 38f., 49, 76 Deism, Deist, 138, 149, 152 De Sales, Frangois, 187, 190 Dimond, S. G., 164 Dissent, Dissenters, 15, 19, 27, 30, 35,
_ -57ff, 65ff., 69, 83, 175 Dissenting Academies, 65ff.
Doolittle, Thomas, 143, 192, 197, 198 Doughty, W. L., 12 Douglas, David C., 90 Dove, John, 60 Drake, Dr., 29 Dr. Williams' Library, 27-30 Dunham, Notts., 68 H Hall, Westley, 197f.
Halle, 186 Haller, William, 140 Harrison, G. Elsie, 11, 85, 131, 164 Hart, A. T., 59 Harvard College, 35
INDEX Healey, G. H., 30 Henry VII, 68 Henry, Matthew, 19, 201 Herrnhut, 161 Hickes, George, 88, goff.
Higgs, Griffith, 21 Hill, J. W. F., 68 Holy Club, The, 78, 127, 142 Holy Communion. See M Macarius, 187 Macaulay, Lord, 49 Manchester Guardian, 88 Manton, Thomas, 39, 44, 139 Marchant, R. A., 56 Mary, Queen, 87, 88, go Massingberd family, 68, 82 Matthews, A. G., 65 Maurice, F. D., 32 Maxfield, Thomas, 181 Mayo, Richard, 195 McMullen, M., 219 'Method', 16, 41, 55, 97, 106, 107, Communion, Holy Holy Spirit, 40, 52, 111, 124, 137, 148ff., 152, 154ff., 160, 165, 172f., 178f., 190ff., 199 Howe, John, 195 Hutton, James and family, 161, 163 Hymns, Methodist, r2off., 144, 148, 108, 113, 116, 119, 125, 132, 136 Methodism, 12, 13, 15, 16, 51, 115, Chapters Six and Seven, passim.
Millington, Edward, 3of.
Milton, 132 Molinos, Miguel de, 187 Montessori system, 115 Moravians, 15, 161, 166 More, Henry, 138 Morning-Exercise, The, 24f., 31, 32, 171, 198 I Indulgence, Declarations of, 26f.,
Islington, 162 James I, 83, 87 ' 'Jeffrey, Old', 81 34, 37; 40, 59, 191 N Neal, Daniel, 24 Newark, Notts., 68 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 182 New England, 35, 36 Newport, K. G. C., 210 Nonconformity, Nonconformists, 19, K Kadloubovski, E., 136 Kempis, Thomas 4, 118, 138, 187 Kenilworth, Warwicks, 20 Kentish, Thomas, 195 . Kidderminster, Worcs., 52 Kingswood School, 119 Kirk, John, 12, 132, 206 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 33, 58, 59, 61, 63, 148, 167 Normanby, Marchioness of, 74 Normanby, Marquis of, 68, 75, 82 Norris, John, 76, 138 Northampton, Lady, 74, 81 Nuttall, G. F., 191 L Large Minutes, 119 Law, William, 187 Lely, Sir Peter, 49 Life of God in the Soul of Man, 138,
Lincoln, 79, 83, 88, 94, 103, 104 Littleborough, Notts., 68 Locke, John, 115 London, 14, 24, 29, 33, 44, 45, 46, 68, O Origen, 31 Owen, John, 191, 206 Oxford, 78f.
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 73, 80, 87, 90, 92, 98, 99, Hy 204, 205, 206 Luther, 132
Oxford, Robert Harley, Lord, 74
'N INDEX » Oxford University, 21, 71, 147, 166, Rigg, J. H., 32 Rogers, Timothy, 34, 35, 45, 107, 118,
Exeter College, 66 Lincoln College, 81, 123 Queen's College, 20 138, 146, 190 Rowe, G. Stringer, 12 Roxbury, Mass., 35 Rust, George, 138 P Palmer, G. E. H., 136 Parliament, House of Commons, 20, S Sacheverell, Henry, 74 Sacrament. See Communion, Holy St. David's, Diocese of, 156 St. Giles' Cripplegate, 24, 29, 34, 143 St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 59 St. Helen's, Little, 145 St. John the Evangelist, Friday aif., 37, 52, 106 Pascal, Blaise, 138, 155, 187 Peard, Alice, 169 Perfection, 41, 136, 137, 183, 186, 187,
188ff.
Peters, John L., 187 Pietism, 15, 186 Plague, The Great, 33 Plotinus, 187 Pope, Alexander, 77 Porter, H. S., 50 Prayer Book, 25, 60, 205f.
Presbyterianism, Presbyterians, 25, Street, 23 St. Margaret's, Westminister, 21 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 60 St. Peter's, Cornhill, 60 St. Paul, 28, 175 St. Paul's Cathedral, 23, 29, 30, 60 Saint's Everlasting Rest, The, 105, 138, ©
28, 44, 58, 60, 67, 167, 175 Puritanism, Puritans, 12, 19, 20, 25,
Salibsury, bp. of (Gilbert Burnet)>74 Salisbury, Wilts., 160, 161 Sault, Richard, 76 Schmidt, Martin, 136, 137, 142, 161, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 46, 47, 49, 50, 55» 58, 86, 118, 132, 137, 148, 150, 152, 155, 167, 170, 193, 201 Puritan Devotion, 139, 140ff., 158, 162, 163, 164, 181, 186 Scougal, Henry, 138, 139 Scripture(s), 16, 32, 33, 77, 78, 122, 163, 168, 172, 173, 186, 187, 202ff.
Puritanism and Methodism, 15, 125, 140, 150, 151, 167, 169, 173, 16, 17, 159, Chapter Seven passim, 207, 217 Puritan preaching, 22, 24, 32, 40, 192, 194, 195 Scupoli, Lorenzo, 136, 138 Sewall, Samuel, 145 Sharp, John, abp., 58, 59, 69, 71, 74, 123, 141, 150, 194, 196, 197, 202 80f., 83, o1f., 94, 98, 1o3f.
Shaw, W. A., 21 Simon, J. S., 187, 197 Socinianism, 66, 148, 156 South Ormsby, Lincs., 68, 69, 82
S.P.C.K., 80
Spiritual Conflict, The (Pugna Spiritualis), Q Quakers, 14, 26, 37 R Rack, H. D., 209, 213 Rattenbury, J. E., 164 Reason, 16, 124, 132, 148, 149, 150, 136ff., 138, 191 Spitalfields, 26 Stillingfleet, Edward, 60 Stockwith, Notts., 68 Stoke Newington, 66 Stoughton, John, 23, 58 Stretton, Richard, 195 151ff., 170, 204 Reformation, Protestant, 131, 167 Religious Societies, Anglican, 186,
Restoration, The, 24 Reynolds, John, 39
INDEX Suddington, Glos., 156 Swift, Jonathan, 76, 77 Sylvester, Matthew, 29, 59 Wesley, Keziah ('Kezzy'), 109 Wesley, Martha ('Patty'), 122, 198 Wesley, Mary ('Molly'), 122 Wesley, Matthew, 70, 110 Wesley, Mrs. Charles (Sally), 115 Wesley, Samuel, junior, 13, 54f., 57, T Talon, Henri, 50, 142 Tate, Nahum, 72 Tauler, Johann, 187 Taylor, Isaac, 185 Taylor, Jeremy, 187 Temple, Sir William, 76 Tenison, Thomas, abp., 60 Teresa of Avila, St., 131, 136 Tersteegen, G., 144 Thoresby, Ralph, 63 Tillotson, John, abp., 59, 60,75 ~ Tiverton, Devon, 169 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 46f.
Tyerman, Luke, 127 _ 61f., 72, 84, g4f., 106, 124, 133, 147, 160, 162, 172, 174, 175, 176, - 179, 205 Wesley, Samuel, rector of Epworth, 15, 49, Chapter Three passim, 98, 103, 104, 117, 126ff, 157, 179, 210, 214 Wesley, Samuel (son of Charles), 108 Wesley, Susanna: birth, 19 and Church of England, 28, 57ff. educational method, 14, 85, 95, Chapter Four passim, 165, 167 marriage, 16, Chapter Three U Unitarianism, 156 passim, 125 ff. and Methodism, 11f., 16f., 109, Chapters Six and Seven passim Puritan upbringing, 12, 15f., 41, Vv Veal, Edward, 65 Chapter Two passim, 71, 86, 132, 139, 150, 156, 168 relationship with John Wesley, 11, ~ Viney, Richard, 182 W Walker, John, 21, 36 Wallace, C., 210ff., 218 Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 21 Watts, Isaac, 32, 39, 154, 202, 206 Wedgwood, Julia, 128, 185 Wesley, Anne ('Nancy'), 122, 205 Wesley, Charles, 62, 78, 80, 95, 108, 15, 536, 128, 147, 161ff., 214ff. writings, r2ff., 16, 106, 123ff, 181ff.
Wesley, Susanna, j junior ('Sukey'),
IIO, 122, 123, 124, 125, 153
Westley, Bartholomew, 25 Westminster Confession, The, 191 Westminster School, 54, 147 Whitaker, William, 34, 52 White, John, 20 White, Mr., 29 Whitefield, George, 160, 174f., 182 Whiteland, John, 83 William II, 75, 86, 87, 88, 89, go, 213 Williams, Colin W., 187 Williams, Daniel, 25, 29, 30, 38, 39, III, 115, 121f., 127, 138, 148, 160, 166, 170ff., 182, 198, 199, 205f., 207, 209 Wesley College, Bristol, 12 Wesley, Emily, 122, 149 Wesley, Hetty, 56, 110, 122 Wesley, John, 11, 15, 20, 32, 40f., 51, 53, 74, 78, 80, 82, 84ff., 89, 93, 98, 102f., 107, 109, 111, 112, 118f., 122f., 127f., 138ff., 147f., 150, 153, 157, 160f., 166, 168f., 172, 174ff., 170f., 182, 186, 188ff., 195ff., 202ff., 205ff., roff.
Wesley, John (son of Charles), 11 5 137, 194, 195,196 Wilson, W., 30 Y Yarborough, Lady, 88, 89, 90 Yates, Arthur S., 191 Young, Betty, 216f.
ors THEOLOGY L
CLARIEMONT,
use
Susanna Wesley, who made such a profound impression on her son John, was a fascinating and many-sided character in her own right.
She was a Puritan, an Anglican, a Methodist — at once a mystic and a superbly practical mother and homebuilder. This study — reissued now by popular demand ~— offers a detailed exploration of her Puritan background, sees it as the key to her character, and uses it to illuminate the Methodism of which she has justly been termed 'the Mother'.
The author describes Susanna's Puritan home and background, drawing freely on the writing of her father and fellow-ministers; examines the marital relationship of Susanna and Samuel Wesley; explores the way she brought up her children; assesses her own writings and theology; and discusses her reactions to, and influence upon, the Methodist revival as a whole. In a new conclusion
Newton offers fresh reflections on Susanna Wesley in the light of more recent scholarship, and indicates how his views have both changed and remained the same.
This is a classic work that, now brought fully up to date, will continue to be consulted as the standard intellectual biography of its subject, by scholars and students of Methodism, eighteenth-century church historians, students of women's studies,
Methodists both lay and ordained, and interested general readers.
John A Newton is Chair of the Archives and History Committee of the Methodist Church and an Associate Tutor at W esley College,
Bristol. He is also Editor of the Epworth Review.
'No one can dispute Susanna's influence over Methodism...
This book brings her to life for us.' Expository Times 'Indispensable to those who want a better under standing of Susanna...the author is meticulous in his research and the book itself is most carefully documented.' Methodist Recorder
Cover: A portrait of Susanna Wesley, courtesy of a Old Rectory, North £14.99