Excerpt from Congregational Independency in Contradistinction to Episcopacy and Presbyterianism: The Church Polity of the New Testament You are well aware of the position in which provi dence has been pleased at present to place me. Eminent medical authority, threefold and unani mous, has put its veto for a time on my Official labours, both public and domiciliary. Such autho rity, giving its verdict on previous knowledge and careful examination, I have felt myself warranted, and even bound, to regard as, with sufficient clear ness, indicative of the divine purpose. With a corresponding unanimity, and with all the cordiality of a long-attached people, so gratifying to a pastor's spirit, you have superadded your peremptory inter dict - the interdict of sympathising love - to that of the physicians. We have thus, under the influence of a common conviction, bowed together to the will of heaven. I thank you for your sympathy; I thank you for your prayers, in the closet, in the family, and in the sanctuary. They will be answered, - faithfully and graciously answered. That is sure. But in what way, we must leave it with our covenant God himself, in his wisdom and love, to determine. 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.