This is the fourth in an eagerly awaited series of four volumes
of John Wesley's sermons. This volume contains 18 sermons that were
published in the Arminian Magazine from 1789 to 1792. It also
contains 19 sermons that were taken from Wesley's manuscripts.
Of all the genres in Wesley's prodigious output, his sermons
most clearly focus and expound his understanding of Christian
existence. Outler's introduction in the first volume concentrates
two decades of painstaking research and thought on Wesley. From
this he ably sets the stage for a fuller understanding and
appreciation of a major Christian heritage, a heritage which can at
last be seen as a whole against the background of its sources.
The four volumes contain 151 sermons, including a number
recovered from Wesley's manuscripts. These constitute the core of
Wesley's doctrinal teachings upon which his own evangelical
movement was founded. Following Wesley's own ordering, Dr. Outler
begins with the familiar Sermons on Several Occasions, which
present Wesley's basic teachings on salvation and form the bulk of
the first two volumes in the series. Outler masterfully
demonstrates the significance of all the subsequent sermons since
they exhibit Wesley's entire approach to the Christian life. Each
volume is rich with footnotes that include the identification of
quotations, elucidation of references, the tracing of key themes,
and vital background information on each sermon. Representing the
culmination of twenty years of exhaustive research, it is the
purpose of these conclusive volumes to keep alive the growing
interest in Wesleyan studies for the entire Christian church.
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