A Textual Enigma in John Wesley’s Christian Library

This article explores a textual discrepancy between the two editions of John Wesley’s Christian Library. In 1755, Wesley included an extract of William Beveridge’s Private Thoughts Upon Religion in volume 47. Seventy years later Thomas Jackson altered Wesley’s extract by removing material and in its...

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Main Author: Olson, Mark K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2026
In: Wesley and Methodist studies
Year: 2026, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-88
Further subjects:B "Thomas Jackson"
B "John Wesley"
B Imputation
B "Christ’s righteousness"
B "Christian Library"
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Summary:This article explores a textual discrepancy between the two editions of John Wesley’s Christian Library. In 1755, Wesley included an extract of William Beveridge’s Private Thoughts Upon Religion in volume 47. Seventy years later Thomas Jackson altered Wesley’s extract by removing material and in its place inserting Wesley’s sermon The Lord Our Righteousness, without any note or footnote alerting the reader of the addition. This article explains in detail the nature of the enigma and offers some possible solutions. But in the end, the enigma remains since we do not have concrete answers.
ISSN:2291-1731
Contains:Enthalten in: Wesley and Methodist studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5325/weslmethstud.18.1.0079