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Statement of the Difference Between the Profession of the Reformed Church of Scotland,

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Statement of the Difference Between the Profession of the Reformed Church of Scotland,

James Dodson

 AS ADOPTED BY SECEDERS,  
AND THE  
PROFESSION CONTAINED IN THE  
NEW TESTIMONY AND OTHER ACTS,  
LATELY ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSOCIATE SYNOD;  
PARTICULARLY,  
ON THE POWER OF CIVIL MAGISTRATES RESPECTING RELIGION,  
NATIONAL REFORMATION, NATIONAL CHURCHES,  
AND NATIONAL COVENANTS.  
TO WHICH ARE ADDED  
REASONS  
BY THE MINISTERS WHO PROTESTED AGAINST THE ABOVE ACTS OF SYNOD,  
FOR CONSTITUTING THEMSELVES INTO A SEPARATE PRESBYTERY;  
WITH THE DEED OF CONSTITUTION, ETC.  
PUBLISHED AT THE PRESBYTERY'S DESIRE.

 

BY
THOMAS McCRIE, D.D.,
Minister of the Gospel, Edinburgh.


WITH A PREFACE
BY
GEORGE SMEATON, D.D.,
Professor of Exegetical Theology, New College, Edinburgh.
[originally published 1807]


EDINBURGH: C.F. LYON.
13 George IV. Bridge.
1871.


CONTENTS.

Featured
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-An apology for writing this indictment of the Anti-Burgher Testimony of 1804 on the head of civil magistracy and its relation to the church.

SECTION I.-INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECT OF DISPUTE.
SECTION I.-INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECT OF DISPUTE.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-An explanation of the point in contention together with the assertion that the position taken by the author is not new or novel within Presbyterian and Reofrmed circles.

SECTION II.-OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHANGE OF PUBLIC STANDARDS, AND BONDS OF ECCLESIASTICAL FELLOWSHIP.
SECTION II.-OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHANGE OF PUBLIC STANDARDS, AND BONDS OF ECCLESIASTICAL FELLOWSHIP.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the importance of confessions and testimonies and their relation to the terms of communion in ecclesiastical communion.

SECTION III.-GENERAL VIEW OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL PROFESSION OF THE SECESSION, AND THAT WHICH IS NOW ADOPTED BY THE SYNOD ACCORDING TO THEIR NEW DEEDS.
SECTION III.-GENERAL VIEW OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL PROFESSION OF THE SECESSION, AND THAT WHICH IS NOW ADOPTED BY THE SYNOD ACCORDING TO THEIR NEW DEEDS.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the problems that were incorporated in the New Seceder Testimony (1804) and the problems that they present.

SECTION IV.-OF THE DIFFERENCE IN REFERENCE TO THE NARRATIVE; AND OF ITS SEPARATION FROM THE TESTIMONY.
SECTION IV.-OF THE DIFFERENCE IN REFERENCE TO THE NARRATIVE; AND OF ITS SEPARATION FROM THE TESTIMONY.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the purpose of Judicial Testimonies and the need for them to include history as part of the terms of communion in the church.

SECTION V.-OF THE DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL REFORMATION, AND DEFECTION FROM IT.
SECTION V.-OF THE DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL REFORMATION, AND DEFECTION FROM IT.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-This chapter explains what it means for reformation to be national and public and not merely a sectarian affair.

SECTION VI.-OF THE DIFFERENCE AS TO THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL AUTHORITY WITH REFERENCE TO RELIGION AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
SECTION VI.-OF THE DIFFERENCE AS TO THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL AUTHORITY WITH REFERENCE TO RELIGION AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the difference between civil and ecclesiastical authority and the role of the civil authority with respect to the church with a survey of the historical postion of Protestants.

SECTION VII.-BRIEF VIEW OF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL AUTHORITY ABOUT RELIGION.
SECTION VII.-BRIEF VIEW OF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL AUTHORITY ABOUT RELIGION.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the relation between the civil magistrate and the church and how their respective interests should coincide.

SECTION VIII.-ON LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.
SECTION VIII.-ON LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-In this chapter, McCrie discusses the rights and limits of liberty of conscience.

SECTION IX.-OF THE DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO RELIGIOUS COVENANTS.
SECTION IX.-OF THE DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO RELIGIOUS COVENANTS.

1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the doctrine of covenanting together with an affirmation that it pertains not only to churches but also to nations.

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