The Sermons of Charles Wesley A Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes

by Wesley, Charles; Newport, Kenneth G. C.

• ISBN13: 9780198269496
• ISBN10: 0198269498
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book brings to publication all of the famous hymn-writer Charles Wesley's sermon material. Included are four substantial introductory chapters which place Charles Wesley's preaching in the context of early Methodism and the eighteenth century more generally. Annotations on the texts themselves are substantially text-critical and include discussion of Charles's use of Byrom's shorthand, the script in which a significant portion of the material is written. Other notes include an attempt to trace Charles's use of sources, specifically the Bible, the Homilies, and the Book of Common Prayer.

Author Biography

Kenneth Newport is a graduate of the University of Oxford where he studied under E.P. Sanders. After teaching for three years in Hong Kong, he returned to the UK in 1991 and taught at the University of St Andrews and then at the University of Manchester. While at Manchester he was appointed Research Fellow at the John Rylands Research Institute where he has conducted extensive research into the Methodist Archives, which are on permanent deposit at the John Rylands University Library. In 1999 he was appointed Reader in Christian Thought at Liverpool Hope University College, where he currently teaches and conducts research. He is an ordained Anglican minister. He lives in Bury, Lancashire with his wife Rose-Marie and three children.

Table of Contents

The Sermons Of Charles Wesley	p. i
The Sermons of Charles Wesley	p. iii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Charles Wesley and Early Methodism	p. 3
Charles Wesley, Preacher	p. 28
Theological Characteristics and Use of Sources	p. 48
Charles Wesley's Sermon Corpus	p. 71
the Sermons	p. 91
Philippians 3: 13-14	p. 93
1 Kings 18: 21	p. 107
Psalm 126: 7	p. 123
1 John 3: 14	p. 130
Titus 3: 8	p. 152
Romans 3: 23-4	p. 167
Romans 3: 23-5	p. 183
Ephesians 5: 14	p. 211
Psalm 46: 8	p. 225
John 8: 1-11	p. 238
John 4: 41	p. 259
Luke 18: 9-14	p. 268
Acts 20: 7	p. 277
Luke 16: 10	p. 287
Matthew 5: 20	p. 298
Matthew 6: 22-3	p. 306
Luke 16: 8	p. 314
John 13: 7	p. 325
Exodus 20: 8	p. 335
Mark 12: 30	p. 346
Luke 10: 42	p. 360
Proverbs 11: 30	p. 369
Psalm 91: 11	p. 380
Bibliography	p. 391
Scriptural Index	p. 397
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