The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

350'LETTERS, TRACTS, tffr.derftanding would naturally be fufpc6lcd to labourunder the fame poverty and meannefs with his perfon.But though church cenfures in this country arecontemned by the laity, they are ftill very formidableto the clergy. And as our Glafgow brethren informus, that feveral country minifters have been heard tofpeak favourably of thefe academies, we think thevery reverend fynod ought immediately to apply theEXCISION to thefe gentlemen. A worthy minifter ofthis church, one of her burning and fhining lights,has fully explained the nature and ufe ef that fpiri-•tual inftrument, in a fermon" which he publifhed a-bout five months ago ; and certainly there cannot bemore proper fubje£ls for exercifing it on than thefecorrupt members, who have difcovered fuch fymptomsof an inclination to herefy.Pcijleyy Sept. 29. 1762.