arminianism, v. hyper-calvinism

being

Three Letters,

from

Philip Pugh,

to the

Rev. Samuel Cozens,

baptist minister

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second edition

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May be had of the Author, and R. Davis, Conference Offices, London, and all Booksellers by order

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Coushell:

printed by arthur tomkinson, market square

1860

Letter I

Strictures on a Sermon Preached by the Rev. Samuel Cozens, entitled “The Divine Decrees consistent with Reason and Revelation.”

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Letter II

The Weights and Scales of the Rev. Samuel Cozens, examined and found False, and not bearing the Government Stamp are rejected; or a Second Letter to that Gentleman, by Philip Pugh, containing a Refutation of False Glosses and Comments, put upon certain Texts, to support the Doctrines of Hyper-Calvinism.

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Letter III

The Re-adjustment of the Adjuster; or the Doctrines of Unrestrictd Grace, Free-Will, and Christian Holiness, Vindicated against the Restrictions, Fatality, and Antinomianism of the Rev. Samuel Cozens, Baptist Minister, Little London, Willenhall; or a Third Letter to that Gentleman, by Philip Pugh.

Preface

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In sending out a Second Edition of these Letters, it is expedient that the public should be apprised of the circumstances which gave rise to and perpetuated the Controversy between myself and Mr. Cozens. In the month of June, 1852, Mr. Cozens, then Baptist Minister of Little London, Willenhall, preached a Sermon to his congregation on the “Decrees”; which he afterwards published in a tract form, and sold at one penny each.

Passing through Willenhall one forenoon, I saw a notice of this production, but resolved not to purchase a copy, lest on the reading of it I should be tempted to answer it, and thus be drawn into the arena of polemics.

Towards the end of August of the same year, I received a very pressing request from the Primitive Methodist leaders of the locality which this tractate had disturbed, to attempt a refutation of its dogmas. Having glanced through its pages, I resolved to comply with the request; and soon after I brought out my first Letter, called “Strictures on a Sermon published by the Rev. S. Cozens, on the Divine Decrees.” In a short time after the appearance of my “Strictures,” Mr. C. issued a rejoinder of 36 pages, called: “John Wesley, the Papa of British Rome, and Philip Pugh, the modern Palagius, weighed in the Balances of Eternal Truth and found Wanting.” This second production from Little London was notorious for its personal abuse and rabid style. My opponent having weighed me and found me wanting, I thought it to be my duty to look into the honesty of his adjusting apparati; and in the course of a few weeks I published my Second Letter with the facetious title, “The Rev. S. Cozens’ Weights and Scales examined and found False; and not Bearing the Government Stamp are rejected; or a Second Letter to that Gentleman.”

We had now reached a crisis in the Controversy, in which neither could beat a hasty retreat honourably; Mr. C., therefore, judged it to be the ...