A discourse, concerning the materials, the manner of building, and power of organizing of the church of Christ; : with the true difference and exact limits between civil and ecclesiastical government; and also what are, and what are not just reasons for separation. : Together with, an address to Joseph Fish, A.M. Pastor of a church in Stonington, occasioned by his late piece called The examiner examined. / By Isaac Backus, Pastor of a church in Middleborough. ; Designed to correct what has been amiss on both sides, and to point out the way wherein we should go.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 12655.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806. Fish caught in his own net.

Backus, Isaac.

Fish, Joseph, 1706-1781. Examiner examined.

Fish, Joseph.

Separatists.

Church polity.

Baptists.

Church and state.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages, 2 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed by John Boyles, in Marlborough-Street., MDCCLXXIII. [1773]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Two states of gathering K noted. One has catchword 'posess' on pages 77; the other 'possess.'

Errata statement and advertisement for the author's works to be had of Philip Freeman, pages [151].

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 12655).

Cited in:

Evans 12655

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