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Early history of the Church at Lower Dublin, . . . 11 the Church at Piscatqua, . . . 13 the Church at Middletown, . . . 13 the Church at Cohansie, . . . 14 the Church at the Welsh Tract, . . . 15 the Church at the Great Valley, . . . 16 the Church at Cape May, . . . 16 the Church at Hopewell, . . . 17 the Church near Brandywine, . . . 18 the Church at Montgomery, . . . 19 the Church at Bethlehem, . . . 20 the Church at Southampton, . . . 20 the Church at Cranberry, . . . 21 the Church at Philadelphia, . . . 21 the Church at Morristown, . . . 22 the Church at Scotch Plains, . . . 22 the Church at Rocksberry, . . . 23 the Church at Oyster Bay, . . . 23 the Church at Tulpehokin, . . . 23 First meeting of the Association, 1707, . . . 25 Regulations for its government, . . . 25 Arrival of Ministers in 1710, . . . 25 Meeting of 1712, . . . 26 Improper conduct of Thomas Selby, . . . 27 Attention to the subject of the Ministry, 1722 . . . 27 Query from Brandywine, and regulations on the Ministry, in 1723, . . . 27 Queries on the Fourth Commandment on marriage, and on Church officers, 1724, . . . 27 Proceedings of 1726 - Query on divisions, . . . 28 Meeting of 1727 - Query on marriage, . . . 28 Meeting of 1728 - Query on Ruling Elders and on dismissions, . . . 29 Meeting of 1729 - first Circular Letter on Christian Duties - Query on laying on of hands, . . . 29 Meeting of 1730 - Query on Seventh-day Baptists - on spending the Sabbath, and general meetings, . . . 31 Meeting of 1731 - Circular Letter on the State of Religion - Meeting house at Philadelphia, . . . 31 Meeting of 1732 - Query on Baptism - Great want of Ministers, . . . 33 Meeting of 1733 - Circular Letter - Prayer for an increase of Ministers, . . . 33 Meeting of 1734 - Circular Letter - Christian duties - Queries on Ministers of other denominations, on the proper conduct of meetings, and on worshiping with other bodies of Christians - Improper conduct of W. Davis, . . . 34 Meeting of 1735 - Circular Letter - State of Religion - Queries on contentious members, and on members uniting with distant Churches, . . . 36 Meeting of 1736 - Visitors appointed to Montgomery, . . . 38 Meeting of 1737 - Character of Letter, . . . 38 Meeting of 1738 - Circular Letter - Exhortation to Christian Duties - Query on laying on of hands - Supply of Catechisms, . . . 39 Meeting of 1739 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties - Queries on absence from communion, and on changes of the Association, . . . 40
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Meeting of 1740 - Circular Letter - Christian exhortations - Queries on Baptism and Church fellowship, . . . 42 Meeting of 1741 - Circular Letter - Christian duties - Queries on Church duties, . . . 44 Meeting of 1742 - Circular Letter - State of the Churches - Reprinting Confession of Faith, . . . 46 Meeting of 1743 - Circular Letter on the State of Religion - Differences at Montgomery - Opposition to error - Confession of Faith, . . . 47 Meeting of 1744 - Query on Ordination - Visitors sent to Montgomery, . . . 49 Meeting of 1745 - Proceedings, . . . 49 Meeting of 1746 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties - Queries on preaching before ordination - on Ruling Elders - on women voting in the Church - on the communion of Churches, and on the character of members of the Association - Collection of Statistics, . . . 49 Meeting of 1747 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties - Query on preaching and communion - other proceedings, . . . 55 Meeting of 1748 - Circular Letter - Christian Exhortation - Queries on God's foreknowledge of evil - Censure of erroneous teachers, and on communion with polygamists, . . . 57 Meeting of 1749 - Circular Letter on the Duties of Christians - Queries on party-spirit in Churches, and on baptism by an unordained Minister - Essay on the Power and Duty of an Association, by Rev. Benjamin Griffith, . . . 59 Meeting of 1750 - Circular Letter on Christian Exhortation - Query on Church censure - Association fund, . . . 64 Meeting of 1751 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties, . . . 66 Meeting of 1752 - Circular Letter - State of the Churches - Query on the denial of the doctrine of Election, &c., . . . 67 Meeting of 1753 - Circular Letter on Exhortation to Duties - Queries on the Assurance of Faith, and on Seventh-day Baptists, . . . 70 Meeting of 1754 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties - Day of humiliation and prayer, . . . 70 Meeting of 1755 - Circular Letter on Christian Exhortation - other proceedings, . . . 71 Meeting of 1756 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties - Query on marriage - Establishment of Grammar School - other proceedings, . . . 73 Meeting of 1757 - Circular Letter on the State of the Churches - other proceedings, . . . 76 Meeting of 1758 - Circular Letter - Exhortation to Christian Duties - Quarterly fasts - other proceedings, . . . 76 Meeting of 1759 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties - other proceedings, . . . 78 Meeting of 1760 - Circular Letter on Christian Duties and Privileges - other proceedings, . . . 79 Meeting of 1761 - Memorial from Dividing Creek - Queries on the Scriptures and Holy Spirit, and on God's pre-ordination - Pastoral Address by Rev. P. P. Vanhorne - Letter to Board in London - Statistics of the Churches, . . . 81 Meeting of 1762 - Proceedings - Pastoral Address, by Rev. S. Jones, A. B. - Statistics, . . . 86 Meeting of 1763 - Proceedings - Queries on the examination of candidates for baptism, and public excommunications - Pastoral Address, by Rev. Isaac Stelle - Statistics, . . . 89 Meeting of 1764 - Proceedings - Charter given to Rhode Island College - Pastoral Letter on Original State of the Churches - Statistics, . . . 91 Meeting of 1765 - Proceedings - Query on Baptism - Pastoral Address, by Rev. John Sutton - Statistics, . . . 94 Meeting of 1766 - Proceedings - Pastoral Address, by Rev. Abel Griffiths - Statistics, . . . 98 Meeting of 1767 - Proceedings - Queries on the right of excommunicated members - on dissatisfaction with a Minister - Marrying a first wife's sister - Pastoral Address, by Rev. Isaac Sutton - Statistics, . . . 100 Meeting of 1768 - Proceedings - Query on Baptism by an unordained Minister - Pastoral Address, by Rev. Isaac Stelle - Statistics, . . . 104 Meeting of 1769 - Proceedings - Rhode Island College - Query on family worship - Pastoral Address, by Rev. Abel Griffiths - Statistics, . . . 107
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Meeting of 1770 - Proceedings - Pastoral Address by Rev. I. Stelle - Letters from New England - Statistics, . . . 113 Meeting of 1771 - Proceedings - Queries on members of disbanded Churches - Washing the Saint's feet - Pastoral Address, by Rev. Messrs. Griffiths, Blackwell and Vanhorne - Statistics, . . . 118 Meeting of 1772 - Proceedings - Ordination of Rev. I. Skillman - Pastoral Address - Statistics, . . . 123 Meeting of 1773 - Proceedings - Washing the Saint's feet - Pastoral Letter, by Messrs. Rogers and Vanhorne - Statistics, . . . 128 Meeting of May, 1774, at New York - Proceedings - Circular Letter on the Holy Scriptures, by the Rev. Abel Morgan - Statistics, . . . 135 Meeting of October, 1774, at Philadelphia - Proceedings - Circular Letter on the Trinity, by Rev. Samuel Jones - Statistics, . . . 140 Meeting of 1775 - Proceedings - Circular Letter, by Rev. Abel Morgan, on the Divine Decrees - Statistics, . . . 150 Meeting of 1776 - Days of humiliation and prayer, on account of the state of the country - other proceedings - Circular Letter on Christian Duties, by Rev. Robert Kelsay - Statistics, . . . 155 Meeting of 1778 - Days of humiliation and prayer, on account of the state of the country - other proceedings - Circular Letter, by Rev. Samuel Jones - Duties of the Times, . . . 159 Meeting of 1779 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on Divine Providence, by Rev. Samuel Jones - and on Fasting and Prayer, by Rev. Abel Morgan, . . . 163 Meeting of 1780 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on the Fall of Man, by Rev. Abel Morgan, . . . 169 Meeting of 1781 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on God's Covenant, by Rev. Samuel Jones - Statistics, . . . 173 Meeting of 1782 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on the Mediation of Christ, by Rev. Oliver Hart - Statistics, . . . 180 Meeting of 1783 - Proceedings - Query on laying hands on the baptized - Circular Letter on the Freedom of the Will, by Rev. Samuel Jones, A. M. - Statistics, . . . 192 Meeting of 1784 - Proceedings - Queries as to Christ being the object of prayer - Duty to a Church which receives unbaptized persons - Circular Letter on Effectual Calling, by Rev. John Gano - Statistics, . . . 199 Meeting of 1785 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on Justification, by Rev. William Rogers - Statistics, . . . 205 Meeting of 1786 - Proceedings - Query on the administration of the Lord's Supper, by others than a Church - Circular Letter on Adoption, by Rev. Thomas Ustick - Statistics, . . . 217 Meeting of 1787 - Proceedings - Queries on a member declining communion - on baptism of a seperated husband and wife, and on regular baptisms - Circular Letter on Sanctification, by Rev. P. P Vanhorne - Statistics, . . . 227 Meeting of 1788 - Proceedings - Queries on the belief of general redemption - Validity of regular baptisms - Circular Letter on Saving Faith, by Rev. David Jones - Statistics, . . . 236 Meeting of 1789 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on Repentance unto Life, by Rev. Burgiss Allison - Statistics, . . . 246 Meeting of 1790 - Proceedings - Query on the preaching of a reclaimed Minister - Circular Letters on the Errors of Universal Salvation, by Rev. Samuel Jones, D. D., and on Good Works, by Rev. Benjamin Foster - Statistics, - View of Baptist Associations in the United States, . . . 254 Meeting of 1791 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on the Perseverance of the Saints, by Rev. William Vanhorne - Statistics, . . . 270 Meeting of 1792 - Proceedings - Queries on marriage with a nephew - on the validity of irregular baptisms - on the words Bishop and Elder - on washing the saints' feet - on testimony of members' wives in disputed cases, and on the jurisdiction of councils - Circular Letter on Assurance, by Rev. Joshua Jones - Statistics, . . . 281 Meeting of 1793 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on Christian Duties, by Rev. Thomas Fleeson - Statistics, . . . 292
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Meeting of 1794 - Proceedings - Queries on alteration of the Catechism - on the reception of dismissed members, and on the evidence of a non-member - Circular Letter on the Law of God, by Rev. Henry Smalley, A. M. - Statistics, . . . 296 Meeting of 1795 - Proceedings - Queries on a day of humiliation and prayer - General concert of prayer - the emigration of members - Reprinting an English Circular Letter - Amendments to the Catechism - Circular Letter on the Gospel, by Rev. Samuel Jones, D. D. - Statistics, . . . 305 Meeting of 1796 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on Fidelity, by Rev. Staughton - Statistics - Deaths, . . . 316 Meeting of 1797 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience, by Rev. Thomas Memminger - Statistics - Addenda on Baptist Grammar School, . . . 324 Meeting of 1798 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day, by Rev. David Jones, A. M. - Statistics, . . . 333 Meeting of 1799 - Proceedings - Circular Letter on General Christian Duties, by Rev. Samuel Jones, D. D. - Statistics, . . . 341 Meeting of 1800 - Proceedings - Query on establishing a Missionary Society - Circular Letter on the Divine Origin of the Gospel, by the Rev. W. Staughton - Statistics, . . . 348 Meeting of 1801 - Proceedings - Query on the independence of the Churches - Circular Letter on the Events of the last Century, by Rev. James Ewing - Statistics, . . . 358 Meeting of 1802 - Proceedings - Plan of a Committee - Circular Letter on the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, by Rev. T. B. Montanye - Statistics, . . . 369 Meeting of 1803 - Proceedings - Query on the choice a Moderator - Circular Letter on the Work of the Holy Spirit, by Rev. William White - Statistics, - Deaths, . . . 379 Meeting of 1804 - Proceedings - Query on Committee reporting to the body - Circular Letter on Prayer, by Rev. Burgiss Allison - Statistics - Deaths, . . . 394 Meeting of 1805 - Proceedings - Queries on the baptism of the Holy Ghost - Report of the Secretary - Circular Letter on Brotherly Love, by Rev. Silas Hough - Statistics, . . . 409 Meeting of 1806 - Proceedings - Queries on the Rules of Discipline - on the number of members necessary to form a Church, and on irregular baptisms. - Report of Corresponding Committee - Circular Letter on Christian Missions, by Rev. W. Rogers - Death. - Statistics, . . . 421 Meeting of 1807 - Proceedings - Queries on the revision of the Rules of Discipline - on the distribution of the Library, and on the celebration of marriage by an excommunicated Minister - Circular Letter on the Qualifications of a Gospel Minister, by Rev. W. Staughton - Statistics - Deaths, . . . 437 CENTURY SERMON BY SAMUEL JONES, D. D., . . . 451 ==========
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