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The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher, Late Vicar of Madeley (1859)
The Works of the Rev John Fletcher Late Vicar of Madeley - 1859 Author:John Fletcher Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CONTENTS. PREFACE. What distinguishes this pamphlet from those which have been written on the same subject.—Nothing but scrip- i/ O / lure and reason... more » can make the colonies properly submit to Great Britain. LETTER I. The arguments by which Mr. Evans tries to support his American politics are shown to be contrary, 1. To sound reason; 2. To plain scripture; and, 3. To the British constitution. A view of Mr. Evans's mistakes concerning, 1. The absoluteness of our property; 2. The nature of slavery; 3. The origin of power; and, 4. The proper cause of the war with America.—A note concerning the anabaptists. Dr. Price's politics are shown to be as irrational, tin- scriptural, and unconstitutional as those of Mr. Evans.—His principal arguments are retorted.— The foundation of his capital error is sapped.— The legislative freedom of the members of the house of commons is asserted, in opposition to the legislative pretensions of plebeian levellers.—T/te partiality and inconsistency of the London patriots is pointed out.— On Dr. Price's levelling principles, there is an end of all subjection both on earth and in heaven.—A conditional reproof to Mr. Evans and Dr. Price. LETTER IV. Observations on Dr. Price's awful arguments taken from our immorality.— What great share our national proffineness had in the ruin of the king, and in the subversion of the church and state, in the Jays of Cromwell.—It becomes us to obviate the dangerous argument by which thousands of rash religionists are seduced into wild patriotism. A scriptural plea for the revolted colonies; wilh some hints concerning a Christian method of bringing about a lasting reconciliation between them and the mother- country.—An extract of a letter from Pennsylvania, descriptive of American patrioti...« less