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Excerpt from Essay on the Pastoral Office as a Divine Institution in the Church of Christ: Containing a Particular Reference to the Manner in Which It Is Exercised Amongst the Wesleyan Methodists The subject of the following Essay has occupied, at various intervals, the meditative hours of the Author for some time past, though amid the numerous and onerous duties of the Wesleyan ministry. There was no intention originally, on his part, of giving the meditations thus begun their present publicity and form. A call, however, being made for a work of this kind, he was induced to enter upon the task of preparing the volume, more with a view of improving himself in ministerial principles, than with the hope of attaining success, or of being able to supply a public desideratum; but as the hand of divine Providence has unexpectedly placed the Essay in its present position, it is offered to the church with unaffected humility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book brings together the most striking and significant articles published by the eminent British religious historian, W.R. Ward. Today, Ward enjoys an international reputation as a scholar of John Wesley in particular and Protestantism in Britain and Continental Europe at large. In this unique collection, Chandler brings together for the first time Ward's significant work on Evangelicalism, Wesley and Protestantism from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, opening up new possibilities for analysis and argument for scholars internationally.