INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-An apology for writing this indictment of the Anti-Burgher Testimony of 1804 on the head of civil magistracy and its relation to the church.
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SECTION I.-INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECT OF DISPUTE.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-An explanation of the point in contention together with the assertion that the position taken by the author is not new or novel within Presbyterian and Reofrmed circles.
Read MoreSECTION II.-OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHANGE OF PUBLIC STANDARDS, AND BONDS OF ECCLESIASTICAL FELLOWSHIP.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the importance of confessions and testimonies and their relation to the terms of communion in ecclesiastical communion.
Read MoreSECTION III.-GENERAL VIEW OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL PROFESSION OF THE SECESSION, AND THAT WHICH IS NOW ADOPTED BY THE SYNOD ACCORDING TO THEIR NEW DEEDS.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the problems that were incorporated in the New Seceder Testimony (1804) and the problems that they present.
Read MoreSECTION IV.-OF THE DIFFERENCE IN REFERENCE TO THE NARRATIVE; AND OF ITS SEPARATION FROM THE TESTIMONY.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the purpose of Judicial Testimonies and the need for them to include history as part of the terms of communion in the church.
Read MoreSECTION V.-OF THE DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL REFORMATION, AND DEFECTION FROM IT.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-This chapter explains what it means for reformation to be national and public and not merely a sectarian affair.
Read MoreSECTION VI.-OF THE DIFFERENCE AS TO THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL AUTHORITY WITH REFERENCE TO RELIGION AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the difference between civil and ecclesiastical authority and the role of the civil authority with respect to the church with a survey of the historical postion of Protestants.
Read MoreSECTION VII.-BRIEF VIEW OF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL AUTHORITY ABOUT RELIGION.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the relation between the civil magistrate and the church and how their respective interests should coincide.
Read MoreSECTION VIII.-ON LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-In this chapter, McCrie discusses the rights and limits of liberty of conscience.
Read MoreSECTION IX.-OF THE DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO RELIGIOUS COVENANTS.
James Dodson
1807-Thomas McCrie (1772-1835).-A discussion of the doctrine of covenanting together with an affirmation that it pertains not only to churches but also to nations.
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