DR. RYLAND'S CANDID STATEMENT ON BAPTISM: WITH A LETTER ON THE SUBJECT OF "COMMUNION, BY THE LATE REV. W. CLARKE, OF EXETER. CANDID STATEMENT OF THE REASONS WHICH INDUCE THE BAPTISTS TO DIFFER IN OPINION AND PRACTICE FROM 741 R994c 1827 PREFACE. THE following pages contain the substance of a Sermon, which I have delivered at different places, previous to the administration of the ordinance of Baptism. On these occasions, I introduced most of the critical remarks into the Sermon; but having enlarged their number, I think it best to subjoin them in the form of Notes. Other additions, that seemed to me of some importance, have been made. But I have not left out one illnatured or sarcastic expression, having been always careful not to bring in any thing of the kind. I simply wish to state my own views of the subject, that no one may conceive of them as either better or worse than they actually are. Let the reasons I have given for my opinions be impartially examined, that every one who reads them may either accede to them or reject them, as conscience |