Enthusiasm display'd: or, the Moor Fields congregation

Enthusiasm display'd: or, the Moor Fields congregation. The print shows evangelical Methodist minister Geroge Whitefield preaching at Moorsfield, London.. He is supported by two females, one holding a mask and labeled Hypocrisy, the other a Janus-faced Deceit. On the left are three woodcocks, one with a worm and one dead(?) which are labeled Trapped and on the right, a woman, labeled Folly, reclines on the ground holding a jester's staff. Next to her is a monkey. The text, a poem critical of Dr. Whitefield, mentions thirty-nine approaches forty-one possibly referring to 1739 when Whitefield was preaching in America and 1841 his expected return to England. Date 1739 August 20. Enthusiasm display'd: or, the Moor Fields congregation. The print shows evangelical Methodist minister Geroge Whitefield preaching at Moorsfield, London.. He is supported by two females, one holding a mask and labeled Hypocrisy, the other a Janus-faced Deceit. On the left are three woodcocks, one with a worm and one dead(?) which are labeled Trapped and on the right, a woman, labeled Folly, reclines on the ground holding a jester's staff. Next to her is a monkey. The text, a poem critical of Dr. Whitefield, mentions thirty-nine approaches forty-one possibly referring to 1739 when Whitefield was preaching in America and 1841 his expected return to England. Date 1739 August 20

Approaches Congregation Critical Deceit Enthusiasm Evangelical Expected Faced Folly Forty Geroge Hypocrisy Janus Labeled Mentions Methodist Moor Poem Preaching Reclines Referring Supported Thirty Trapped Whitefield Woodcocks Worm

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