A dialogue on the Christian sacraments
Subtitle: 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? : [One line from Isaiah]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 9063
Publisher: Printed and sold by S Kneeland, opposite to the probate-office, in Queen-Street.
Published: 1762
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Sacraments
Notes: Attributed to Joseph Bellamy by Evans and others. However, it is 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 betwen 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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