THE WORKS

OF THE

REVEREND JOHN FLETCHER,

LATE VICAR OF MADELEY.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

NEW-YORK,

PUBLISHED BY B. WAUGH AND T. MASON

FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE

OFFICE, 14 CROSBY-STREET.

J. Collord, Printer.

1833.

FIRST CHECK TO ANTINOMIANISM;

OR,

A VINDICATION

OF THE

REV. MR. WESLEY'S MINUTES

OF A

PUBLIC CONFERENCE, HELD IN LONDON, AUGUST 7, 1770;

OCCASIONED BY

A CIRCULAR LETTER

INVITING

PRINCIPAL PERSONS, BOTH CLERGY AND LAITY,

AS WELL OF THE DISSENTERS AS OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH, WHO DIS-
APPROVED OF THOSE MINUTES,

TO OPPOSE THEM IN A BODY, AS A DREADFUL HERESY;

AND DESIGNED TO REMOVE PREJUDICE, CHECK RASHNESS, PROMOTE
FORBEARANCE, DEFEND THE CHARACTER OF AN EMINENT MINISTER OF CHRIST,

AND PREVENT SOME IMPORTANT SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS FROM
BEING HASTILY BRANDED AS HERETICAL.

IN FIVE LETTERS,

TO THE HON. AND REV. AUTHOR OF THE CIRCULAR LETTER.

BY A LOVER OF QUIETNESS AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.