George Whitefield - Philip - XIII - Chapter 10

Required reading
Life and times of George Whitefield by Robert Philip (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Read Chapter Ten.

My summary
In Chapter Ten we are told of the Whitefield and the English dissenting ministers. 

Most of the chapter is the full text of an exchange of letters between two of the ministers, Doddridge and Neal, as they discuss Whitefield and the Methodists.

What grabbed me
Again, it is sad to see the foolishness of the accusations against Whitefield from men who should have been supporting him: 'There are letters shown about town, from several ministers in the west, which make heavy complaints of the disorders occasioned by Whitefield and Wesley in those parts.  One of them, speaking of Mr Whitefield, calls him "honest, crazy, confident Whitefield."

What kind of accusation is that?  A man is bad because he is 'honest' and 'confident'?  The only real charge against Whitefield is 'crazy'. 

I noticed in the exchange of letters there was no real discussion of theological errors with Whitefield, only that there are some.

I hope and pray the Lord keeps me from despising other ministers for no good reason.

Next week's reading
Read Chapter Eleven, 'Whitefield's domestic life'.

Now it's your turn
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