1797 SAMUEL BLATCHFORD. Early American Defense of Presbyterian Ordination. Exposition in the best manner we

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minister of God's word

1797 SAMUEL BLATCHFORD. Early American Defense of Presbyterian Ordination. Exposition in the best manner weVery early American defense of Presbyterian ordination over and against the Congregational model which was taking the ascendency, being much more like the organizational documents and governmental structure of the new Nation. Samuel Blatchford. The Validity of Presbyterian Ordination Maintained in a Letter to the Rev. William Smith, D. D. Occasioned by the Publication of his Sermon, Preached at the Consecration of Bishop Jarvis, at New Haven, on the