Name/Title
(FRANKLIN IMPRINT). A Confession of Faith,Description
(FRANKLIN IMPRINT). A Confession of Faith, Put Forth by the Elders and Brethren of Many Congregations of Christians (Baptized upon Profession of Their Faith) in London and the Country. [bound with:] A Short Treatise of Church Discipline. Philadelphia. 1743.
Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 112, [21; vi,7-62pp. 16mo.
A pair of quite early Franklin imprints bound together in the original calf binding.
"This confession, approved by the Baptist Congregations meeting in Philadelphia, Sept. 25, 1742, had first been set forth about 1643 in the name of Seven Congregations in London... and was reaffirmed by upwards of one hundred congregations in London and Wales at London, Sept. 3-11, 1689, which authorized John Marshall at the Bible in Grace-Church-Street to print and sell a new edition. At the same Philadelphia meeting in 1742 the Association approved the idea of having a treatise of church discipline written and published. The task assigned to Jenkins Jones and Benjamin Griffith, minister of the Perkasie (Pa.) Baptist Church, eventually fell to Griffith, who acknowledged in the preface his indebtedness to a tract by Elias Keach, a manuscript left by Griffith's half-brother, the late Abel Morgan, and Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680)."- Miller
Scarce on the market. The last copies to come up at auction were in 2009 and 2008, however before that copies came up only in 1988, 1985, 1982, 1954, 1942, 1930, and several copies in the 1920's. There are multiple copies in institutions.Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
ReferencesOther Number
EVANS 5124, 5194. HILDEBURN 811 A-B, MILLER 317. CAMPBELL 264 A-B, NAIP w037515Condition
Overall Condition
GoodDate Examined
Aug 19, 2024Notes
Original calf. Binding worn and rubbed, but a good copy:
