A dialogue on the Christian sacraments [microform] : wherein the nature and import of an attendance on them are enquired into from the Scriptures : the Protestant churches, and divines are consulted : and the singular notions of some on these heads, with their reasonings in support of them are examined : the whole being done with a view to furnish a scriptural answer to this very serious and important question, viz., what are the qualifications that are necessary or which God requires in any person in order to his attendance on the sacraments of the New-Testament?
Billing, Edward,1707-1760.
Bellamy, Joseph,1719-1790.
Boston : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland,
1762.
Attributed to Joseph Bellamy by Sabin, Evans and others. However, it is, in fact, the posthumously published work of Edward Billing. Cf. the sketch of Billing in Sibley's Harvard graduates (v. 9, p. 22-28). The dialogue is an exposition of the differences in belief between Billing and Jonathan Ashley, pastor of the church in Deerfield, and concerns the dismissal of Jonathan Edwards from the church at Northampton in 1750. Billing, who shared Edwards' views, was dismissed on similar grounds from the church at Cold Springs (Belchertown) in 1752.
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
Ashley, Jonathan, 1712-1780
Sacraments
Protestant churches
Theology, Doctrinal