Patronage anatomized and detected, Or, The rise, reign, nature, tendency, effects and evil consequences of patronage laid open; some objections noticed; and popular election in a few particulars vindicated
Subtitle: In a letter from John Howie to the Eldership and congregation of the parish of Finwick. To which is prefixed, by way of introduction, a short historical narrative of the whole process betwixt the people of Finwick and the judicatories of the established church, setting forth what treatment they have received from said judicatories anent their consent or choice in calling their own minister. Published at the desire of the said parish of Finwick
Contributors: Bryce, John
Publisher: Printed by John Bryce, and sold at his shop, opposite Gibson's Wynd, Salt-Market.-
Published: 1782
Place of publication: Glasgow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Parish of Fenwick (Ayrshire, Scotland); Early works to 1800; Ecclesiastical Patronage
Other titles: Patronage anatomized and detected; Rise, reign, nature, tendency, effects and evil consequences of patronage laid open; Thomas F. Torrance Collection.
Notes: P. [ii] contains an advertisement for the second edition of John Howie's "Scots Biography". The last page contains "Proposals for printing by subscription, in one large octavo volume, an elegant edition of three hundred and fifty-two letters by the eminently pious Mr. Samuel Rutherfoord", dated Glasgow, July 3d, 1782.

Concerning the appointment of a new minister. After the former minister had died in 1779, William Boyd was presented by commissioners of the Earl of Glasgow, but was strongly opposed by the parish. The case was brought before the Assemblies in 1781-1782.

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No. 4 in a group fo pamphlets.

SCS #1184 copy imperfect; p. 87 mutilated.