John Wesley (1703–1791), Anglican cleric, evangelist, and—with his brother Charles—founder of Methodism. This collection gathers his principal works: his Sermons and Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (together the doctrinal standards of Methodism), his Journal, his Explanatory Notes on the whole Bible, his major prose treatises and appeals, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, and the Hymns and Sacred Poems.
Sermons
- Sermons on Several Occasions — all 141 sermons (Jackson 1872 numbering)
The Journal
- The Journal of John Wesley — 21 chapters (Parker’s abridgment)
Explanatory Notes upon the Bible
- Notes upon the New Testament — 260 chapters across 27 books (a doctrinal standard)
- Notes upon the Old Testament — 929 chapters across 39 books
Treatises & Appeals
- A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, Part I
- A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, Part II
- A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, Part III
- A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
- A Plain Account of the People Called Methodists
- A Short History of Methodism
- An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion
- Minutes of Several Conversations
- Minutes of Some Late Conversations (The Large Minutes)
- The Character of a Methodist
- The Nature, Design, and General Rules of the United Societies
Poetical Works
- Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739, 1740) — 4 parts
Sources & provenance
- Sermons — Wesley Center Online (Northwest Nazarene University), Jackson 1872 edition, all 141 sermons.
- Journal — CCEL, Percy L. Parker’s 1903 abridged Journal (a selection, not the complete manuscript journals).
- Notes on the New Testament — CCEL EPUB of Wesley’s Notes on the Bible (complete for the NT).
- Notes on the Old Testament — biblehub.com (Wesley’s Explanatory Notes); Wesley left 12 chapters without comment (mostly passages paralleled elsewhere, e.g. Isaiah 36–39, Psalm 70), noted in place.
- Treatises & Appeals — Project Gutenberg transcription of the collected Works (3rd ed.), vols. 14–15.
- A Plain Account of Christian Perfection — CCEL.
- Poetical Works — CCEL, Osborn’s Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, vol. 1.
Not yet included
- The ~900 Letters and the further doctrinal/controversial treatises (in Works vols. 16–32, not yet on Project Gutenberg).