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Excerpt from A History of the Sabbatarians, or Seventh Day Baptists, in America: Containing Their Rise and Progress, to the Year 1811, With Their Leaders' Names, and Their Distinguishing Tenets, &C The method pursued in the book, will be, first, by an introduction; secondly, by taking up the churches as they were organized; thirdly, general remarks, and' if the limits of the book will admit, give some arguments 1 on their distinguishing tenets, The materials of this History will be taken from the bible, and other his tories, manuscripts, and letters or written memorandums ancient and modern and from church records, (of which notice will be given in the work) together with the au thor's personal knowledge - as he has been intimately acquainted with the affairs of the Sabbatarians for the last forty years and has visited nearly all the churches in the Union, of that sect; and has had personal ac quaintance with, I believe, every ordained preacher, now living, of their order as also nearly all the elders that have been living in that order for fifty years And being in part sensible of the responsibility of an author, he is determined to be as accurate, as to matters of fact related, as possible. 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.