John Fletcher and Arminianism

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D. Paul

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I have recently come across the works of John Fletcher under Puritan titles while searching for good arguments against Dispensational Antinomianism. This was my first link:
JOHN FLETCHER'S WORKS--INDEX and INTRODUCTIONS Complete Spiritual and Academic Works and History

but then I came across this article:
JOHN FLETCHER'S METHODOLOGY IN THE ANTINOMIAN CONTROVERSY OF 1770-76

Very informative, but does this man hold any place among Reformed Teachers? As I said, my initial search was for Puritan titles and I don't recall that I've seen his name around here. Does anyone have any info about him? Andrew Myers?
 
John Fletcher (1729-1785) cannot technically be called a Puritan. As an Arminian, with Wesley as his spiritual mentor, he cannot hold much of a place among Reformed teachers. That doesn't mean he didn't have some valuable things to say about antinomianism. However, I believe he regarded Calvinism as antinomian by nature. In fact, he wrote against Augustus Toplady, calling him antinomian.
 
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