Author:John Wesley

John Wesley
(1703–1791)

John Wesley

Works

Books and Collected Works

• A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
• Character of a Methodist
• A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists
• Articles of Religion (Methodist)
• Forty-four Sermons - the "Standard" sermons
• Sermons on Several Occasions — collection of 141 sermons
• The Desideratum; or, Electricity Made Plain and Useful (1759) London: Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. Published 1871. (digital copy)
• The works of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., late fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford (transcription project)

Sermons

• Salvation by Faith
• The Almost Christian
• Awake, Thou That Sleepest
• Scriptural Christianity
• Justification by Faith
• The Righteousness of Faith
• The Way to the Kingdom
• The First Fruits of the Spirit
• The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption
• The Witness of the Spirit (Discourse I and Discourse II)
• The Witness of our own Spirit
• On Sin in Believers
• The Repentance of Believers
• The Great Assize
• The Means of Grace
• The Circumcision of the Heart
• The Marks of the New Birth
• The Great Privilege of those that are Born of God
• The Lord our Righteousness
• Upon our Lord's Sermon on the Mount
• The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law
• The Law Established through Faith
• The Nature of Enthusiasm
• A Caution against Bigotry
• Catholic Spirit
• Christian Perfection
• Wandering Thoughts
• Satan's Devices
• The Scripture Way of Salvation
• Original Sin
• The New Birth
• The Wilderness State
• Heaviness through Manifold Temptations
• Self-denial
• The Cure of Evil-speaking
• The Use of Money
• The Good Steward
• The Reformation of Manners
• On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield
• On Eternity
• On the Trinity
• God's Approbation of His Works
• On the Fall of Man
• On Predestination
• God's Love to Fallen Man
• The General Deliverance
• The Mystery of Iniquity
• The End of Christ's Coming
• The General Spread of the Gospel
• The New Creation
• The Duty of Reproving our Neighbour
• The Signs of the Times
• On Divine Providence
• The Wisdom of God’s Counsels
• The Imperfection of Human Knowledge
• The Case of Reason Impartially Considered
• Of Good Angels
• Of Evil Angels
• Of Hell
• Of the Church
• On Schism
• On Perfection
• Spiritual Worship
• Spiritual Idolatry
• On Dissipation
• On Friendship with the World
• In What Sense we are to Leave the World
• On Temptation
• On Patience
• The Important Question
• On Working out our own Salvation
• A Call to Backsliders
• The Danger of Riches
• On Dress
• The More Excellent Way
• An Israelite Indeed
• On Charity
• On Zeal
• On Redeeming the Time
• On Family Religion
• On the Education of Children
• On Obedience to Parents
• On Obedience to Pastors
• On Visiting the Sick
• The Reward of the Righteous
• On Pleasing all Men
• The Duty of Constant Communion
• Of Former Times
• What is Man?
• On Attending the Church Service
• On Conscience
• On Faith
• On God's Vineyard
• On Riches
• What is Man?
• On the Discoveries of Faith
• On the Omnipresence of God
• The Rich Man and Lazarus
• The Difference Between Walking by Sight, and Walking by Faith
• The Unity of the Divine Being
• The Ministerial Office
• Causes of the Inefficacy of Christianity
• On Knowing Christ after the Flesh
• On a Single Eye
• On Worldly Folly
• On the Wedding Garment
• Human Life a Dream
• On Faith
• The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart
• The Heavenly Treasure in Earthen Vessels
• On Living Without God
• On the Danger of Increasing Riches
• The Trouble and Rest of Good Men
• Free Grace
• The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes
• National Sins and Miseries
• The Late Work of God in North America
• On Laying the Foundation of the New Chapel, Near the City-Road, London
• Preached on Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Mr. John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire
• True Christianity Defended
• On Mourning for the Dead
• On Corrupting the Word Of God
• On the Resurrection of the Dead
• On Grieving the Holy Spirit
• On Love
• On Public Diversions
• On the Holy Spirit

Hymns

• Author of Life Divine
• How Happy is the Pilgrim's Lot
• O the Hope of Israel, the Savior Thereof
• Servant of God, Well Done!
• We Life Our Hearts to Thee

Works about Wesley

• "Wesley, John," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "Wesley, John," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Wesley, John," by Emma Polk Harris in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: D. Appleton and Co. (1900)
• "Wesley, John," by Samuel G. Ayres in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Wesley, John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Wesley, John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "John Wesley," by Richard Watson Gilder in The poems of Richard Watson Gilder (1908)