THE

WORKS

OF THE

REV. JOHN FLETCHER,

LATE VICAR OF MADELEY.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL I.

EIGHTH EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN KERSHAW, 14, CITY ROAD),

AND 66, PATERNOSTER ROW,

1826.

Entered at Stationers' Hall.

FIAT

CA:BO)

MHLE

J. Nichols, Printer, 2, Warwick Square. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

I. APPEAL TO MATTER OF FACT AND

COMMON SENSE.

Page.

DEDICATION..

Contents

5

Introduction

9

PART I. The Doctrine of Man's corrupt Estate,

stated.

11

II. Man considered as an Inhabitant of the

Natural World ...

21

III. As a Citizen of the Moral World

52

IV. As belonging to the Christian World.. 106

V. Inferences from the Whole

140

Concluding Address to the Serious Reader. 361

Appendix.....

208

II. FIRST CHECKS TO ANTINOMIANISM.

Copy of the Circular Letter, &c.

217

Extract from the Minutes of the Conference of
1770 ..

219

LETTER I. A general View of Mr. Wesley's Doc-,

trine

221

II. The commendable Design of the

Minutes ..

235

III. The three first Propositions consi-

dered

247

IV. The remaining Propositions exa-

niined....

266

V. Expostulation with Mr. Shirley 302

III. SECOND CHECK TO ANTINOMIANISM.

Page.

PREFACE : The Publication of the first Check

justified ..

311

Letter I. The Doctrine of a second Justification

by Works defended ........... 318

II. On Mr. Shirley's Recantation of his

Sermons, and Free Will

347

III. The Prevalence and evil Conse-

quences of Antinomianism ...... 364

IV. THIRD CHECK TO ANTINOMIANISM.

421

422

433

INTRODUCTION: The Use of Controversy properly

managed

Remarks on Mr. Hill's Five Letters

LETTER I. On Man's Faithfulness

II. On Working for Life

III. On the word Merit, and the Reward-

ableness of Good Works.....

IV. On Men's Sins displeasing God, but

not their Persons..

V. Finished Salvation-Dr. Crisp, and

the Rev. W. Sellon

CONCLUSION : The present State of the Contro-

versy

481

488

514

516

V. FOURTH CHECK TO ANTINOMIANISM.

IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO MESSRS. RICHARD AND

ROWLAND HILL.

539

Letter I. The Doctrine of Justification by Works

is Scriptural ..

11. Established by the Liturgy, Articles,

&c. of the Church

III. Maintained by the sober Puritan Di.

vines

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