Excerpt from Essay Concerning the Unlawfulness of a Man's Marriage With His Sister by Affinity: With a Review of the Various Acts of the Highest Judicatory of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Touching This and Similar Connexions The subject here presented, the au thor considers, as intimately connected with the personal purity of the mem bers of the body of Christ; and he so b mits these sheets to the serious cousi deration of his brethren, humbly be seeching the God of all grace, to make the perusal of them subservient to the promotion of his own honour and glory, and the purity, peace, harmony and edification of Zion. 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.