The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)Tyerman, L. (Luke)
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The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)
Tyerman, L. (Luke)
Methodism; Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Fletcher, during 1774, published:--(1) “The Fictitious and the Genuine
Creed; being ‘A Creed for Arminians,’ composed by Richard Hill, Esq.;
to which is opposed a Creed for those who believe that Christ tasted
death for every man.” 12mo, 52 pages. (2) “Logica Genevensis continued;
or, the first part of the Fifth Check to Antinomianism, containing
an Answer to ‘The Finishing Stroke’ of Richard Hill, Esq.; in which
some remarks upon Mr. Fulsome’s Antinomian Creed, published by the
Rev. Mr. Berridge, are occasionally introduced.” 12mo, 48 pages. (3)
“Logica Genevensis continued; or, the second part of the Fifth Check
to Antinomianism, containing a Defence of ‘Jack o’ Lanthorn,’ and ‘The
Paper Kite,’ _i. e._ sincere obedience; and of the ‘Cobweb,’ _i. e._
the evangelical law of liberty; and of the ‘Valiant Sergeant, J. F.,’
_i. e._ the conditionality of perseverance, attacked by the Rev. Mr.
Berridge, in his book called ‘The Christian World Unmasked.’” 12mo,
44 pages. (4) “The First Part of an Equal Check to Pharisaism and
Antinomianism.” 12mo, 264 pages. (5) “Zelotes and Honestus reconciled;
or, an Equal Check to Pharisaism and Antinomianism continued: being the
first part of the Scripture Scales to weigh the Gold of Gospel Truth.
With a Preface containing some Strictures upon the Three Letters of
Richard Hill, Esq., which have been lately published.” 12mo, 175 pages.
The whole of these publications, extending to nearly 600 pages, are
full of the greatest truths, and, like all Fletcher’s writings, are
entirely free from personal abuse, and are worthy of a gentleman, a
scholar, and a Christian.
We can hardly say as much of another work, published in 1774: “A
Scourge to Calumny, in two parts, inscribed to Richard Hill, Esq. Part
the First, demonstrating the Absurdity of that Gentleman’s Farrago.
Part the Second, containing a full Answer to all that is material in
his Farrago Double Distilled. By Thomas Olivers.” 12mo, 168 pages.
Richard Hill deserved all he got; but Fletcher would have hesitated
before charging him, as is done by Olivers, “_with wilful untruth_.”
At the same time, it is impossible not to have a feeling of admiration
for the sturdy Welshman, when he says to the wealthy squire, who had
rudely called him _Tom the cobbler_: “Permit me to tell you, sir, that
_my name_ is as sacred to _me_, as _yours is to you_. If _you_ were
the greatest peer of the realm, and _I_ the poorest peasant, the laws
of God and of my country would authorise me to call you to an account,
for every insult offered to my character, either as a fellow creature,
or as an Englishman. You have no more authority, either from reason or
religion, to call me _Tom_, than I have to call you _Dick_.”
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