Chapter IX
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CHAPTER IX.
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL.
(J.H. Overton.)
(1.) THE METHODIST MOVEMENT.
Strength and weakness of the Church in the middle of the eighteenth century 313
Propriety of the term 'Evangelical Revival' 314
Contrast between Puritans and Evangelicals 315
William Law 316
John Wesley 316-336
George Whitefield 337-340
Charles Wesley 340-3
Fletcher of Madeley 343-6
Selina, Countess of Huntingdon 347-354
Other Methodist worthies 355
(2.) THE CALVINISTIC CONTROVERSY.
Feebleness and unprofitableness of the controversy 356
The disputes between Wesley and Whitefield 357-8
Minutes of the Conference of 1770 358-360
The 'Circular printed Letter' 360
Conference of 1771 361
Controversy breaks out afresh in 1772 362
Fletcher's checks to Antinomianism 363-5
Toplady's writings 365
(3.) THE EVANGELISTS.
James Hervey 366-370
Grimshaw of Haworth 370-1
Berridge of Everton 371-2
William Romaine 372-4
Henry Venn 374-7
Evangelicalism and Methodism contemporaneous 377-8
John Newton 378-381
William Cowper 381-3
Thomas Scott 384-8
Richard Cecil 388
Joseph Milner 388-392
Isaac Milner 392-3
Robinson of Leicester 393-4
Bishop Porteus 394
'The Clapham Sect' 394
John and Henry Thornton 395
William Wilberforce 395-8
Lords Dartmouth and Teignmouth 398
Dr. Johnson 398-9
Hannah More 399-402
Strength and weakness of the Evangelical leaders 402-3