FAMILIAR LETTERS ON SACRAMENTS, ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE OF HIS (HARGE. BY JESSE FONDA, A. M. WITH AN APPENDIX. “Nihil sine, nihil contra, nihil præter, nihil ultra, divi- PRINTED BY WARD M. GAZLAY, NEWBURGH, N. Y. 1824. Southern District of New York, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the 16th day of October in the 48th year of the independence of the United States of America, JESSE FONDA, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: Familiar Letters on Sacraments, addressed to the people of his charge. By Jesse Fonda, A. M. With an appendix. Nihil sine, nihil contra, nihil præter, nihil ultra, divinam scripturam, admittendum. In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled “ An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by secur ing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and - proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled “ an Act, supplementary to an act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraying, and etching historical and other prints.” JAMES DILL, Y-5-33 CONTENTS. Introductory remarks—Importance of the proposed discussion -What may be asserted ought to be compared with Scrip- ture—and the truth is to be received in the love of it. P.4. The term “ sacrament”-Nature of sacraments in general- Sacraments of the Old Testament-Circumcision and the Baptism and the Lord's Supper have taken the place of Cir. cumcision and the Passover-and are to be observed as standing ordinances in the Christian Church. P. 19. The Abrahamic Covenant-a particular exhibition of the covenant of grace-Requires holiness of heart and prac- tice-Organization of the visible church-The one seal of Baptism-Sign-Its import-How to be administered—Brief view of John's baptism. P. 56. * |