1755 JOHN & CHARLES WESLEY. First Edition of a Public Dispute Over Anglican Church & Education for Ministers. ZZSlaveryandSuffrage Very rare title by Benjamin

Very rare title by Benjamin Wadsworth [1670-1737]

Making the Dumb to Speak [on Deaf Institutes

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1755 JOHN & CHARLES WESLEY. First Edition of a Public Dispute Over Anglican Church & Education for Ministers. ZZSlaveryandSuffrage Very rare title by BenjaminVery rare first edition of an important public controversial pamphlet between John and Charles Wesley. Last offered at auction at Sotheby's, 1983. The early 1750s were a period of growing tension, at times public, between John and Charles Wesley. A key point of divergence concerned the use of lay preachers. While open to this in principle, Charles was convinced that John was encouraging far too many who had neither the gifts nor the grace to take up