(John Kirk, The mother of the Wesleys, 1868 ).
These three treatises [A manual of doctrine, An exposition of the Apostles’ Creed and An exposition of the Ten Commandments] which do so much honour to Mrs Wesley’s extensive reading, comprehensive acquaintance with the entire circle of Christian truths, and ready expression of her thoughts, formed the theological manual for her children. She had first written them for some of the elder ones who had passed from under her immediate care and instruction. But she soon adopted them as textbooks in her regular system of teaching.
(John Kirk, The mother of the Wesleys, 1868).