1833 Defense of the Protestant Episcipal Church, Thomas Brittan

Brittan, Thomas S. An Apology for Conforming to the Protestant Episcopal Church, contained in a Series of Letters addressed to the Right Reverend Benjamin T. Onderdonk, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of New-York. New-York: Swords, Stanford, and Co., 1833. Second Edition, with Additions. [10545] Leather spine, marbled paper boards, small chip at top of backstrip, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, old church library bookplate inside front. [i]-xii, [13]-134, [2]. Last page with short "erratum" note; text has some foxing with the last few leaves having a round stain about the size of a quarter dollar. Good. Hardcover. Nine letters: Introductory; Episcopacy considered on the Ground of Expediency; Episcopacy Sanctioned by the Institutions of Judaism; Testimony of Presbyterians and other Anti-Episcopalians in Favour of Episcopacy; Episcopacy Sustained by the Testimony of the Fathers; Episcopacy Sustained by Scripture; A Prescript Form of Prayer preferable in Publick Worship; Surpassing Excellence of the A