A modest proof of the order & government settled by Christ and his Apostles in the church. : By shewing I. What sacred offices were instituted by them. II. How those offices were distinguished. III. That they were to be perpetual and standing in the church. And, IV. Who succeed in them, and rightly execute them to this day. : Recommended as proper to be put into the hands of the laity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Checkley, John, 1680-1754, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2417.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apostolic succession.

Episcopacy.

Ordination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, v pages, 1 unnumbered page, 63 pages, 1 unnumbered page)

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Re-printed by Tho. Fleet, and are to be sold by Benjamin Eliot in Boston, Daniel Aurault in Newport, Gabriel Bernon in Providence, Mr. Gallop in Bristol, Mr. Jean in Stratford, and in most other towns within the colonies of Connecticut and Rhode-Island., 1723.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Attributed to Checkley in the Dictionary of American biography.

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 2417).

Cited in:

Evans 2417

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