A HISTORY

OF THE

RISE, PROGRESS, GENIUS, AND CHARACTER

OF

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANISM:

TOGETHER

WITH A REVIEW OF "THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, BY CHAS. HODGE, D. D. PROFESSOR

IN THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
AT PRINCETON, N. J."

BY WILLIAM HILL, D. D.

OF WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

WASHINGTON CITY:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. GIDEON, JR.

1839.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, on the fourteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, by JACOB GIDEON, jr. in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Columbia.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Reference to the present divided state of the Presbyterian Church-The loose and un-

guarded manner in which Professor Hodge uses the term Presbyterian-The true

meaning of the terms Puritan and Presbyterian-Quotation from Dr. Miller upon the

subject-Professor Hodge claims the majority of the Puritans in England, and of the

Pilgrims who first settled New England, as good Presbyterians, and as agreeing

with the strict Scotch systein-What the Scotch system of strict Presbyterianism is-

The Presbyterianism of Holland-The Presbyterianism of the French Protestants-

Professor Hodge's misrepresentation of them corrected by a quotation from Neal's

History; also, from Mosheim and others-The character of the English Presbyte-

rians-The true character of the Puritans who settled New England-The kind of

Church Government they introduced among them-The Cambridge Platform-

Quotations from it-Professor Hodge's misunderstanding of it-The Saybrook Plat-

form also misrepresented-Cotton Mather's account of the first Presbyterians in New

England misrepresented by Professor Hodge-Dr. Miller and Professor Hodge at

variance-Dr. Plumer positively contradicting Professor Hodge.

CHAPTER II.

Doctor Dana's letter respecting Presbyterians in New England-Relative to the colonies,

or settlements, formed by the Puritans out of the bounds of New England, and

in those regions within which the first Congregations and Ministers of the Presby-

tery, at its formation, were located-Influence of the Puritans in Virginia-The first

settlements on the Delaware river and bay, and the peninsula lying south-The

first settlements in Maryland-Doctor Hawk's account of the same-'
-The Union

formed between Presbyterians and Congregationalists in London, in 1689 or 1690, by

which Union Makemie and others were sent as Missionaries to the American Colonies

-The manner in which the Reformation was introduced in Scotland, and the genius

and character of the Scotch system-The rise, character, &c. of American Presbyte-

rianism contrasted with the strict Scotch plan-The location of the first Presbyterian

Ministers with their Congregations-Letters from the Letter Book: 1. To New Eng-

land Ministers about New Haven-2. To Sir Edmund Harrison-3. To Presbytery

of Dublin-4. To Synod of Glasgow-5. To Rev. John Boyle, to be laid before the

Presbytery of Dublin-6. Letter of Mr. Andrews to Mr. Prince-Remarks upon

the said letter.

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