Excerpt from Christian Union: Or, an Argument for the Abolition of Sects; To Which Is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Life of the Author The main subject discussed in the following pages was some years ago pressed, by a particular providence, upon the attention of the author, and has continued to occupy more or less of his thoughts ever since that time. He has endeavoured to discover the truth by a direct ap plication and study of the Holy Scriptures; and the te sult has been a strong and settled conviction of the cor rectness of the principles advocated in this work. He believes that the church was originally constituted by its Founder one and indivisible - that the divisions which have broken it in pieces are in direct violation of this constitution, and have brought a flood of evils upon the church, which have hitherto kept her from rising to the glory to which she is destined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.