Excerpt from Congregational Polity, Usages and Law IT is no part of our purpose, in What follows, to advocate or defend Congregationalism; to prove that it is better or more scriptural than any other polity; or to trace its general history in this country. We shall not attempt, therefore, to be profound or exhaustive. There are many questions connected With the subject which we do not propose to answer, for'the reason that we do not claim to know What answer to give. 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.