1791 Memoirs of John Wesley : History of Methodism : John Hampson : Methodist

MEMOIRS OF THE LATE Rev JOHN WESLEY
With a review of his Life and Writings, and a History of Methodism, from it's Commencement in 1729, to the present time.

By John Hampson, A. B.

Published in Sunderland UK in 1791.  Complete in Three volumes.  Rebound, half leather binding with marbeled boards.

Page ix of preliminary pages is a facsimile but rest of the three volumes are original.

Recently rebound in quarter leather with marbeled sides plain endpapers. Page ix of preliminary pages is a facsimile but rest of the three volumes are original and complete.  Pages are good throughout, no foxing.
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE Rev JOHN WESLEY

This three-volume account of the life of John Wesley (1703–91) was published in the year of his death. Written by John Hampson (c.1753–1819), a Church of England clergyman and former Methodist preacher, the work also contains a thorough review of Wesley's writings and a history of Methodism. Hampson's excellent overview of contemporary assessments of the preacher is more balanced than John Whitehead's two-volume Life of the Rev. John Wesley (1793–6), which has also been reissued in this series. Volume 1 explores Wesley's lineage and early life, including his journey to America in 1735 and his conversion in 1738. This volume also contains short chapters on his brothers Samuel and Charles. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the work remains important for its informed appraisal of this religious movement and its founder.

John Hampson (1760–1819), was an English miscellaneous writer.
Hampson, son of John Hampson of Manchester, was born in 1760. His parents were Methodists, and both father and son acted as preachers under John Wesley. About 1748 Hampson left the body, matriculated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 13 July 1785, and proceeded B.A. 1791, M.A. 1792. Taking holy orders in the English church, he obtained a charge in Sunderland, and about 1801 was made rector of that town. He died late 1819.

Hampson's chief work is 'Memoirs of the late Rev. John Wesley, A.M., with a Review of his Life and Writings, and a History of Methodism from its Commencement in 1729 to the Present Time,' 3 vols., Sunderland, 1791. A German translation in two parts, by Professor August Hermann Niemeyer, appeared at Halle in 1793. He also wrote 'A Blow at the Root of Pretended Calvinism or Real Antinomianism,' 1788; 'Observations on the Present War, the Projected Invasion, and a Decree of the National Convention for the Emancipation of the Slaves in the French Colonies,' Sunderland, 1793?; 'The Poetics of Marcus Hieronymus Vida, Bishop of Alba; with Translations from the Latin of Dr. Louth, Mr. Gray, and others,' Sunderland, 1793, and several sermons.  He died 7 December 1819 in Sunderland

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