1687-Increase Mather (1639-1723).-A chapter devoted to the history and superstition of Christmas keeping showing that it is far from being either an innocent or a Christian observance.
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1687-Increase Mather (1639-1723).-This final chapter of the Testimony takes up the sinfulness of certain traditional practices which identify with Romanism or paganism as well as challenging the wicked practice of cock-fighting.
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Samuel Miller was born in Dover, Delaware, on October 31, 1769. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, and was a graduate, in 1789. He was ordained by the presbytery of New York, in 1793. He served two different Presbyterian congregations in New York City from 193 until 1813. In 1813, he was called to become the second professor at the new Presbyterian Seminary, at Princeton, New Jersey, a post he would occupy until his death....
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This first chapter explains what is to be understood by divine right and how this is to be applied in the discussion of church government.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter takes up the question of whether or not there is a divine warrant for church government and, if so, what that entails in subsequent discussions.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter contains an exposition of the mediatorial headship of Christ over his church and what that implies.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter discusses the true qualifications of church membership together with reasons for terms of communion and limits of extending church communion.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter examines the rights and claims of the Christian people in the church together with the limits of ecclesiastical power with regard to them.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter is concerned with expounding the just extent and limits of magistratical power relative to the church.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter examines the use of hierarchical, or diocesan, bishops in the church with an explanation why this mad-made office is rejected by Presbyterians.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter has a discussion of church power and its exercise through an extraordinary and an ordinary ministry with an overview of the various offices to be used in the church.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter examines the qualifications necessary for church officers together with a discussion of what constitutes a regular call and its need for the edification of the church.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter examines the necessity and benefits of allowing people to choose their own ministers and the some of the evils that arise from patronage.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter takes up the question of ministerial ordination, distinguishing between extraordinary and ordinary cases, and explaining the use of ordination in the church,
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter examines the warrants for ruling elders and deacons together with a discussion of their duties as church officers.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter examines the nature, structure and limits of church power, addressing it as both governing and disciplinary.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter examines the rational behind church sessions, or local governing bodies, within each congegation of the church.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter is concerned with demonstrating the warrant and purpose of classical presbyteries in the governing of the church.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter discusses the warrant for synods and wherein they differ, in power and scope, from the lower church courts.
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1767-John Brown of Haddington.-This chapter discusses the nature and limits of church courts together with the powers competent to convene these courts.
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