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Title: A dialogue on the Christian sacraments: 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?Author: Edward BillingPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03883800CollectionID: CTRG02-B144PublicationDate: 17620101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attributed to Joseph Bellamy by Sabin, Evans and others. However, it is, in fact, 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 between 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.Collation: 81 p.; 19 cm
