THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATE-REFORMED SYNOD: TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE FORMULA OF QUESTIONS, TO BE PUT TO CHURCH- OFFICERS AT THEIR ORDINATION; AND A NUMBER OF RULES FOR PRESERVING GOOD ORDER IN THE SYNOD AND SUBORDINATE JUDICATORES.
Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1783. Small octavo. 28pp. Spotted. Bound in modern blue quarter morocco and decorated boards, with private bookplate. Good+. The rare first edition of this Presbyterian group's Constitution, published just after the Synod was organized in 1782. The Constitution eschews any intention of engaging in "controversies about the..... More