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- Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Printed self-wrappers with "Price Six-pence" in square brackets at the foot of the title page. Remnants of later plain green wraps are present along the spine. The front edges of the cover page and last page are slightly chipped. [2] & 38 deckle-edged pages, decorated with a title device, a formal head & tail piece, and woodcut initial. There is scattered dampstaining, particularly to the first and last pages. Good. First (and only) edition. RARE.The significance of a large part of the content of this pamphlet is described in a scholarly article by the American theologian and leading authority on John Wesley Dr. Randy L. Maddox. His article, Â"John Wesley s Earliest Published Defense of the Emerging Revival in BristolÂ" (2014), can be found at The Divinity Archive, a project of The Duke Divinity School Library.Part 1, "A Compleat Account of the Conduct, &tc. of that Eminent Enthusiast, Mr. Whitefield, &tc.", [pages 1-16], is a scathing denunciation of Whitefield and John Wesley pieced together by the publisher Charles Corbett. Corbett, who was responsible for other anti-Methodist tracts, cites an account in the high church Anglican-supported Weekly Miscellany as his source. Corbett mocks Whitefield: "There is something so extravagantly ridiculous in the Behavior of this young Man, it is very difficult for a person of any Humour to keep his Countenance.". He later goes on to include Wesley in his insults: "I defy all Mankind to justify such Conduct upon any Principles whatsoever; and Mr. John Wesley is less justifiable, or rather more guilty than Mr. Whitefield, because he is a Man of more Learning, better Judgement, and a cooler Head.". Following this Corbett publishes "A Copy of a private Conversation of Mr. Whitefield's taken down in Writing after his leaving the Room, and brought to him by the Rev. Mr. Tucker, Minister of All-Saints in Bristol, and at his Request, sign'd by Mr. Whitefield himself." It is the text of a conversation Whitefield had on March 30, 1739 in which he attributes his understanding of "true Christianity" to a book by Henry Scougal, "The Life of God in the Soul of Man". The text was originally published by Josiah Tucker in a broadsheet dated "Bristol, March 30, 1739".Part II, "A Method of Confession drawn up for the Use of the Women Methodists. Taken from the Original." [pages 18-20]. Among the questions proposed are the following: "Are you in Love? / Do you take more Pleasure in any Body than in God? / Whom do you love just now, better than any other Person in the World? / Is not the Person an Idol? Does he not (especially in Publick Prayer) steal in between God and your Soul? / Does any Court you? / Is there any one whom you suspect to have any such Design? / Is there anyone who shews you more Respect than to other Women? / Are not you pleased with That? / How do you like him? / How do you feel yourself, when he comes, when he stays, when he goes away? The last ten Questions may be ask'd as often as Occasion offers." Josiah Tucker described this as "shocking scheme for confessing the women". Dr. Maddox makes a cogent argument in his essay that, while differing from Wesley's original December 1738 "Rules of the Band Societies", the author of the rules published here may have been Wesley, not Whitefield.Part III, "Queries to Mr. Whitefield", [pages 20-22], were written by Josiah Tucker and appeared around mid-april 1739. According to Dr. Maddox, the queries were "highlighting his discomfort with Whitefield s emphasis on  extraordinary operations of the Spirit". Part IV, "An Answer to the Queries sent to Mr. Whitefield, from the Rev. Mr. Tucker, Minister of All-Saints, Bristol; in a Letter to the Querist", [22-25], is attributed to John Wesley by both the publisher Charles Corbett and Dr. Maddox in his essay. The tone of the reply is quite disdainful. The writer opens: "Had not the Bristol Queries been said to be written by the Rev. Mr. Tucker, I sho. Seller Inventory # 98089
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