by Mr. Whitefield, having been printed without either
Marcu 1741 DISPUTE WITH WHITEFIELD
Fri. 28.—A gentleman came to me full of good-will, to exhort me not to leave the Church; or (which was the same thing in his account) to use extemporary prayer; which, said he, "I will prove to a demonstration to be no prayer at all.
For you cannot do two things at once.
But thinking how to pray, and praying, are two things.
Ergo, you cannot both think and pray at once."
Now, may it not be proved by the self-same demonstration, that praying by a form is no prayer at all ? e.g. "You cannot do two things at once.
But reading and praying are two things.
you cannot both read and pray at once."
Q.E.D.
Dispute with Whitefield 1741.
Sun. Feb. 1.—A private letter, wrote to me by Mr. Whitefield, having been printed without either his leave or mine, great numbers of copies were given to our people, both at the door and in the Foundery itself.
Having procured one of them, I related (after preaching) the naked fact to the congregation, and told them, " I will do just what I believe Mr. Whitefield would, were he here himself."
Upon which I tore it in pieces before them all.
Every one who had received it, did the same.
So that in two minutes there was not a whole copy left.
Sat. March 28.—Having heard much of Mr. Whitefield's unkind behaviour, since his return from Georgia,
I went to him to hear him speak for himself, that I might know how to judge.
I much approved of his plainness of speech.
He told me, he and I preached two different gospels; and therefore he not only would not join with, or give me the right hand of fellowship, but was resolved publicly to preach against me and my brother, wheresoever he preached at all,
Mr. Hall (who