Prys, William, 1753
I have recently come across a heretic I had not previously been aware of and have not found any reference to him elswhere, though there must be more to the story: In 1753 “There was one William Prys who was charged with spreading doctrines of an Antinomian tendency. Among other strange things, he asserted he had not sinned for some time, and that there was (iio) no sin either in his understanding, his will, or his conscience, and because he clung stubbornly to these views, he was expelled, and the Societies were warned to beware of his heresies, and the brethren to avoid his society. “After long discussion and prayer,” says the report, “and with great solemnity, we turned him out, while our hearts were overwhelmed with love to his soul and jealousy for the glory of God, and full of fear and anxiety for the safety of the flock.” Welsh Calvinistic Methodism, A Historical Sketch , London, Presbyterian Church of Wales, Rev William Williams of Swansea, London 1884, p58. Here Any furthe