ZPS

AN

APPEAL TO THE GOSPEL,

OR

AN INQUIRY

INTO THE JUSTICE OF THE CHARGE,

ALLEGED BY

METHODISTS AND OTHER OBJECTORS,

THAT

The Gospel is not preached by the National Clergy:

IN A

SERIES OF DISCOURSES

DELIVERED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN THE YEAR 1812,
At the Lecture founded by

THE LATE REV. J. BAMPTON, M. A.

CANON OF SALISBURY.

BY

RICHARD MANT, M. A.

VICAR OF GREAT COGGESHALL, ESSEX, AND LATE fellow OF

ORIEL COLLEGE.

"I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the power of God
"unto salvation, to every one that believeth."

"Quod nos appellant hæreticos, est illud crimen ita grave, ut nisi videatur,
"nisi palpetur, nisi manibus digitisque teneatur, credi facile de homine
"Christiano non debeat."

OXFORD,

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS FOR THE AUTHOR :

SOLD BY J. PARKER; AND BY F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, J. MURRAY,
AND J. HATCHARD, LONDON.

1812.