Excerpt from A Letter to a Gentleman of Baltimore, in Reference to the Case of the Rev. Mr. Duncan Here we have the candidate, in one sentence, declaring, that he believes the blble to be the only infallible rule of faith and practise; and, in the next, that he receives and adopts a certain Summary or Compend of Gospel truth, AS being, and because IT is, the system or doc'irine taught IN the bible. Lf tlrrs be not acknowledging the Holy Scriptures as the only authoritative test of truth, and in the most formal manner referring to them as such, then 1 know not how it would be possible in words to make such an acknowledgment. Perhaps you will be ready to Suppose, my dear Sir, that there are some other fornrs and occasions of subscribing our Confession of Faith, less respectful to the Scrip tures. No such thing. No candidate for office in our Church, since the year 1788, ever was, or can be called upon to subscribe that Confession in any other language than that which I have just copied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.