Wesley was not as much attacked as Whitefield, but his short stature and later status as an old man was also ridiculed. He was often portrayed toothless and lecherous. Wesley personal life in his troubled marriage was held up as well, when his estranged wife sent his enemies "mutilated versions of his letters" writing that Wesley preferred younger women. This attack was portrayed in Lancaster's Methodism Triumphant, with the verses:

At sixty-three could such Perfection burn?

No Victim but in Teens then serve your Turn.

Till on a Widow Intr'est made you fix,

Faithless alike in Love and Politics? (114)

Methodism was made fun of by everyone for almost everything. With the Jacobite Rebellions only squelched in the 1740's, religion was a very serious matter. Methodism today is not even considered remotely funny, which just proves that the political and religious climate that religious satire thrived in was perfect in the 18th century. A previous history of religious strife made any variation of Christianity a studied case.