Wesley was born at Epworth parsonage, Lincolnshire, England, on June 17, 1703, the fifteenth of 19 youngsters of prophet Wesley, associate Anglican vicar, and Susanna, the female offspring of a Presbyterian reverend. Wesley was raised during a disciplined atmosphere of prayer, biblical study, and strict morality. though Anglicans and Presbyterians were typically at odds, Wesley's upbringing incontestible to him the chance of reconciliation between the 2 differing doctrines. a hearth at the parsonage nearly took his life in 1709; his survival was understood by his mother as a symptom from God that Wesley was a member of the Elect. He received his early education at the monastery faculty of London, starting in 1714. In 1720 Wesley listed at Oxford
