The Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, with Scripture-Proofs at large, Together with The Sum of Saving Knowledge (contained on the Holy Scriptures, and held forth if the said Confession and Catechisms) and practical use thereof, Covenants, National and Solemn League, Acknowledgement of Sins and Engagement to Duties. Directories for Public and Family Worship. Form of Church Government, and of Public Authority in the Church of Scotland, with Acts of Assembly and Parliament, relative to, and approbative of the same.

Published by Alexander Kincaid, Edinburgh, 1788

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12mo. 600pp (22) A Table of the Chief Matters. Full leather. Rebound with new backstrip and end papers whilst retaining original boards. Edges of some pages professionally restored.When the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was formed in 1788, it adopted (with minor revisions) the Westminster Confession of Faith, Larger and Shorter Catechisms (1647), as its secondary standards (the Bible itself being the only infallible rule of faith and practice). Officers in the Presbyterian Church in America take a vow to "sincerely receive and adopt" these confessional documents "as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures."- The Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

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• Title: The Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, with Scripture-Proofs at large, Together with The Sum of Saving Knowledge (contained on the Holy Scriptures, and held forth if the said Confession and Catechisms) and practical use thereof, Covenants, National and Solemn League, Acknowledgement of Sins and Engagement to Duties. Directories for Public and Family Worship. Form of Church Government, and of Public Authority in the Church of Scotland, with Acts of Assembly and Parliament, ...
• Publisher: Alexander Kincaid, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1788
• Binding: Full leather
• Condition: Very good