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TO THE SECOND EDITION.

It was originally my intention' to have made some alterations upon the foregoing Memorial. The hurry with which it was drawn up, and printed, the manuscript having been actually sent off to Glasgow, for publication, without being revised,— seemed imperatively to demand this. But as my principal object in re-publishing the piece, was to make an appeal to the public as to the justice of the sentence pronounced by the Presbytery, it struck me, that however requisite alterations might be, I could not, in fairness to that body, allow myself to make them. The Memorial, therefore, goes forth to the world with all its disadvantages on its head.

To this note I have subjoined the sentence of the Presbytery, and have only to add, that the Memorial was in the hands of each of the Members eight days before that sentence was pronounced.

Liverpool, 13th October, 1825.

D. THOM.

SENTENCE OF THE PRESBYTERY.

"The Presbytery having deliberated on the case of the Rev. DAVID THOм at great length, and given their opinion thereon, Find, with the deepest concern, that Mr. THOм has, during his ministry at Liverpool, in his discourses from the pulpit, asserted, maintained, and inculcated several gross errors, which strike at the vitals of religion, are contrary to, and inconsistent with, the Word of God, The Confession of Faith, and Catechisms of this National Church, as said errors are set forth in the Petition of JOHN M'CULLOCH and others, and referred by parties to the decision of this Presbytery. That the Petitioners have proved each article of charge in their petition; and that Mr. THOм has failed in his exculpation:

Wherefore the Presbytery, after full and mature consideration of the whole of this very important reference, did, and hereby do, find and declare, that Mr. THOм has contravened his solemn engagements as a licensed Probationer, and ordained Minister of the Church of Scotland, failed to perform his part of the stipulations in the Bond to him by the Trustees of the Scotch, or St. Andrew's Church, Rodney-street, Liverpool, of date 18th April, 1823, on the faith of which he was ordained by this Presbytery to be their Minister, and forfeited the provisions and stipulations made by said Bond in his favour. The Presbytery therefore did, and hereby do, declare the said Mr. DAVID THOм to be deprived of the Ministry of said Church from this date."

Liverpool:-Printed for C. Gray, Bookseller, Paradise-street;
by D. Marples, 69, Circus-street.

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RECENT

CORRESPONDENCE

BETWEEN THE

PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW Scotland

AND THE

REV. DAVID THOM,

OCCASIONED BY A

SECOND INTERFERENCE ON THEIR PART

WITH HIM.

"Nec tamen consumebatur.”

LIVERPOOL :

PRINTED BY R. RIDDICK, KELLY'S ROOMS, 46, LORD-STREET; AND SOLD BY
ROCKLIFF & DUCKWORTH, EVANS, CHEGWIN & HALL, AND TAYLOR, CASTLE-
STREET; GRAY, PARADISE-STREET; GRAPEL, CHURCH-STREET; AND THE
OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

Price Eightpence.
1828.

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TRUSTEES OF THE CHAPEL, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,

THIS CORRESPONDENCE,

AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF RESPECT,

IS DEDICATED

BY

THE EDITOR.

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