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THE FOLLOWING WORK, IN VINDICATION

OF

PRIMITIVE TRUTH AND ORDER,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

TO THE HONOURABLE

SIR WILLIAM FORBES, BARONET,

OF PITSLIGO;

BOTH AS A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

OF HIS EXERTIONS IN THE SAME CAUSE,

AND

AS A HUMBLE TESTIMONY

OF THAT SINCERE REGARD FOR HIS PUBLIC VIRTUES,

AND NO LESS AMIABLE CHARACTER

IN PRIVATE LIFE,

WHICH HAS BEEN LONG AND DEEPLY IMPRESSED

ON THE MIND OF

HIS MUCH OBLIGED, OBEDIENT,

AND VERY FAITHFUL SERVANT—

THE AUTHOR.

Introduction........

Page

5-27

CHAPTER I.

The Chriftian religion, being, like its Divine Author,

"the fame yesterday, to-day, and for ever," ought

to be received and embraced, just as it is represented

and held out in the fcriptures of truth," without

adding thereto, or diminishing from it.".............

66

CHAPTER II.

28-III

The Church of Christ, in which his religion is received

and embraced, is that spiritual fociety, in which the

miniftration of holy things is committed to the three

diftinct orders of BISHOPS, PRIESTS, and DEACONS,

deriving their authority from the apostles, as those

apostles received their commiffion from Chrift. 112-342

CHAPTER III.

A part of this holy, catholic, and apoftolic Church,

though deprived of the support of civil establishment,

does fill exift in this country, under the name of the

Scotch Episcopal Church, whofe doctrine, difcipline

and worship, as happily agreeing with that of the

firft and pureft ages of Christianity, ought to be

feadily adhered to, by all who profefs to be of the

Epifcopal communion in this part of the kingdom.... 343-454

A Concluding Addrefs to the Epifcopalians of Scot-

land, recommending their united adherence to the

principles by which they are diftinguished

455-517