“O how life goes! I walked, now I gallop into eternity. The bowl of life goes rapidly down the steep hill of time. Let us be wise: embrace we Jesus and the resurrection. Let us trim our lamps, and give ourselves afresh to Him that bought us, till we can do it without reserve. Adieu!
“J. Fletcher.”[[304]]
[297]. “Complete Works of Toplady.”
[298]. Lloyd’s Evening Post, March 2, 1774.
[299]. As previously stated, Fletcher’s name was not mentioned in Berridge’s book, but the book was intended to ridicule and denounce the doctrines which Fletcher, in his “Checks,” had defended.
[300]. Wesley’s Works, vol xii., p. 372.
[301]. Ibid, p. 373.
[302]. Ibid, p. 430.
[303]. Letters, 1791, p. 221.