I really liked this sermon. I think the couple things I pulled away from it - Wesley makes the point several times that no matter what your life circumstance is, you have a specific strength to bring to the practice of visiting the sick. The rubric that it provides, I think, is a helpful way to talk about specific calls from the scripture when you have objections from the bretheren, "I can't do that for that reason, or this reason". Wesley turns the logic of the statement backwards and says "The Lord commands you must do this, lets find a way." - His call on visiting the sick falls pretty clearly on the wealthy in particular in this sermon. He has other words for other people but the examples he gives have the well-to-do in mind, primarily. This seems to be from a combination of both the expectation of the duty of "blue blooded" people in society and the practical concern that if you're not working for your bread, you have more time available to you. In this moment, large portions of the church seem a bit allergic to placing expectations on the rich, I can't imagine it was much different in Wesley's time - The comments on the French were humorous to me, clearly identifying him as an Englishman to anyone who didn't already know. "We already import so many awful habits from the French, couldn't we import a good one too?" Unspoken here is the clear identity of France as a Catholic nation, especially at the time. - I mentioned it before, but the way Wesley works the commands of God into specific pastoral direction is clearly indicative of pastoral ministry to me. "God says visit the sick or you won't enter the kingdom." Becomes "young people might do this" "old people might do this" "rich people might do this" etc etc etc. The command of scripture is a faceted jewel, and the exposition of the preacher becomes a light, shone through the jewel and refracting about in different ways.