1798 RARE BAPTIST. First Edition Philadelphia American Baptist Church Discipline! Methodist John Elias [1774-1841]

John Elias [1774-1841]

and Considerations of the State of Things

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1798 RARE BAPTIST. First Edition Philadelphia American Baptist Church Discipline! Methodist John Elias [1774-1841]An exceptionally scarce piece of early American Baptist history, the second being the very first edition of the Philadelphia, American Baptist Discipline. To my recollection, the only example we have handled of each of these works in 25 years. Samuel Jones [1735 1814] was educated for the Baptist ministry in Philadelphia, graduating in 1762 and taking the pastor at Lower Dublin [America] in 1763. He held that pastorate until his death. He is often