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… and on Sunday some book in divinity.’ John Wesley, An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal from his Embarking for Georgia to his Return to London. 1 As George Whitefield expressed it a few years later in a sermon, ‘ Behold … Societies, and the Penitents ‘ 5 , each obeying specific rules. The development of Methodist societies throughout the kingdom and the new religious practices and manners of preaching introduced by Wesley and his followers were nonetheless … civil concord. 4 . See John Wesley, The Nature, Design, and General Rules of the United Societies in London, Bristol, Kingswood, and Newcastle upon Tyne [1743], The Works of John Wesley, vol. 9, p. 67-75. 5 . See John Wesley, ‘Minutes of …
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