1777 JOHN FLETCHER. American Patriotism Farther Confronted with Reason, Scripture, and the Constitution. Puritan as we see by the

as we see by the parable of the tares

" 2 Peter iii

perhaps still unnecessarily reeling from the "social gospel

"God help us all to uphold the standard

By the 1640's

1777 JOHN FLETCHER. American Patriotism Farther Confronted with Reason, Scripture, and the Constitution. Puritan as we see by theAn exceptionally rare rejoinder to the critics of John Wesley's "Calm Address to Our American Colonies," in which Wesley attempted to use his religious influence to exhort the American Colonies to pay their taxes, keep their promises of allegiance, and to apologize and play nice with England. He was, of course, unsuccessful. Having moved on, Fletcher continued to urge repentance to Christians in America. The present is quite scarce. Fletcher, John.