<p>For the better part of two centuries, Wesley scholars have been given a picture of the family of John Wesley that focuses positively upon the relationships of John and his brother Charles and his mother Susanna. What has come down to us about John Wesley's father? Samuel Wesley, Sr.? is a mixture of good and bad character traits, mostly seemingly inconsequential with respect to the making of Methodism under John and Charles. Now with Arthur Torpy's work, we have reason to think differently. Samuel Wesley, Sr. was a complex person whose thoughts, actions, and convictions were based on his understanding and practice of his tradition, experience, scripture, and reasoning. The Prevenient Piety of Samuel Wesley, Sr. examines the life of Samuel Wesley, exploring the influences of his early Dissenting upbringing, his Oxford education, subsequent published writings, and post 1709 sermons.</p>

The Prevenient Piety of Samuel Wesley, Sr. (Volume 30) (Pietist and Wesleyan Studies, 30)

Torpy, Arthur Alan

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The Prevenient Piety of Samuel Wesley, Sr. (Volume 30) (Pietist and Wesleyan Studies, 30)