Excellent address that could well use a read today; Haven urges his Presbyterian brethren, many of whom felt the Presbyterian doctrine of ordination was under attack, to ensure they did not become hostile themselves, and remained generous and as far as at all possible in union with all followers of Christ. A mature, solid piece of preaching.

Haven, Samuel. The Validity of Presbyterian Ordination, and the Importance of Candor and Union among Christians of different Persuasions, who agree in the Essentials of Christianity; Illustrated in a Discourse, Delivered at the Dudleian Lecture of Harvard College, September 5, 1798. Boston. Manning & Loring. 1798. 24pp.

Good +. Textually crisp and clean save some minor scattered foxing. At some point, part of a larger sammelband with associated flotsam to spine. Half title wanting.