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Excerpt from A Dissertation on the Scriptural Qualifications for Admission and Access to the Christian Sacraments: Comprising Some Strictures on Dr. Hemmenway's Discourse Concerning the Church
HE firfi minifiers and churches o new-england were unanimou agreed, that none ought to the table of the Lord, fuhjeas of faving grace. Pinion universfally prevail out the leafi oppofition, until Stoddard publilhed his difcourfe concerning terms of communion, in which he maintained the facrament is a converting ordinance. Do Increafe Mather, therefore, in his anfwer to Stoddard, calls his fentirnent a flrange doe'trine. The arguments and charafier of Mr. Stoddard ev ually brought over many minifiers and churche his way of thinking. Among others, ' his grand-ion and colleague in the m 'c'd his opinion, and, fora number of years, carried it intomto prae'tice, though never without having fome hefi. Difficulty in his own mind. But at length, y renounced Mr. Stoddard's fcheme, and d a mafierly performance, in vindication of and of the common Opinion of the N ew churches. Andever fince that publica inifiers and churches have generally been into Stoddardeans and Edwardeans, in re of the facramental controverfy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
