A plea before the Ecclesiastical Council at Stockbridge, in the cause of Mrs. Fisk, who was excommunicated by the Reverend Pastor and church in that place, for marrying a man whom they called immoral and profane.----Delivered the 6th and 7th of October, 1779. To which is added, Letters of friendship to those clergymen who have lately renounced communion with the ministers and churches of Christ, in consequence of the above-mentioned affair.--With illustrations and recent examples. Likewise, A droll, a deist, and a John Bacon, master of arts, gently reprimanded. [One line of Scripture text] By a gentleman of Connecticut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huntington, Joseph, 1735-1794.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excommunication.

Congregational churches--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Congregational churches.

First Congregational Church (Stockbridge, Mass.).

First Congregational Church (Stockbridge, Mass.)--Early works to 1800.

Fisk, Lavinia Deane.

Perkins, Nathan, 1748-1838. Letters of gratitude.

Perkins, Nathan.

Bacon, John, 1738-1820. Illustrations illustrated.

Bacon, John.

West, Stephen, 1735-1819. Vindication of the principles and conduct of the church in Stockbridge.

West, Stephen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, [1], 7-130 p. )

Other Title:

Plea before the Ecclesiastical Council at Stockbridge, in the cause of Mrs. Fisk,

Place of Publication:

Boston : Printed by N. Coverly and R. Hodge, in Newbury-Street, near the Sign of the Lamb, M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]

Notes:

Attributed to Joseph Huntington in Dexter's Yale graduates.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 17561

English Short Title Catalog, W28893.

OCLC:

642786354