New England Congregationalism

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Excerpt from New England Congregationalism: In Its Origin and Purity, Illustrated by the Foundation and Early Records of the First Church in Salem, and Various Discussions Pertaining to the Subject The Second Discussion (see Extract from Salem Gazette, on p. 193, ) owes its origin to a lecture delivered in his presence before the Essex Institute, which sought to invalidate what he has regarded as well-established historical truth. To this lecture he saw fit to make a rejoinder, and, in this "second discussion, " the newspaper articles which subsequently appeared on both sides, are, in substance, inserted. The Third Discussion, (see p. 235)was occasioned by what seemed to him a persistent attempt to embody error in the solemn form of Ecclesiastical History. The obvious advantage of printing the original Records of the First Church, commenced by Rev. John Higginson, will be readily perceived, as rescuing them from the accidents of time and chance. The curious and interesting original records of Rev. John Fiske, under date of 1637, are also important, from their close relation to the early history of the Church. The Notices (see p. 283)of the several pastors and teachers of the First Church, seem appropriately to follow the publication of its early records. It will thus be seen, that, throughout, the Compiler has acted upon the defensive, first, in defence of the truly Protestant foundation of the First Church, secondly, in defence of historical truth, thirdly, in a renewed effort in the same direction, when, without any recognition of the Compiler's views as published in the second discussion, an attempt was made to incorporate what he regards as gross error, into the sober truth of history. The whole work, though it contains more than the discussions and records, of which a manuscript copy was requested by the Essex institute, is presented to that Society, that they may distribute and dispose of the published copies in such manner as they may see fit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.