SEVERAL TRIALS OF THE REVEREND DAVID BARCLAY, Before the Presbytery of New-Brunswick, with their Judgment at OXFORD. AN APPEAL TO THE SYNOD OF NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY; WITH THEIR REMANDED By the Synod, to the Presbytery of New Brunswick; with their AND A VOTE OF CENSURE ON JACOB KERR, ONE OF THE COMPLAINANTS. BY JACOB KERR. Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast District of New-Jersey, ss. BEL remembered, that on the fourteenth day of March, SEAL. in the thirty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Jacob Kerr, of the said district hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "The trials of the Reverend David Barclay before the Presbytery of New-Brunswick, with their Judgment, at Oxford. An appeal to the Synod of New-York and New-Jersey, with their Judgment in the city of New-York. Remanded by the Synod to the Presbytery of New-Brunswick, with their Judgment, at Hackettstown: and a vote of censure on Jacob Kerr, one of the complainants. By Jacob Kerr. Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds, wo be unto the shepherds of Israel, that do feed themselves; should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ezekiel xxxiv, 2 Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love; remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come unto thee quickly, and remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. Revelation ii, 4, 5." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, enti. tled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;' and also to the act entitled, 'An act supplementary to an act entitled, an act for the encouragement of learring, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." ROBERT BOGGS, Clerk of the district of New-Jersey. 3183 55-81 50 73 84 87 2 and-as complaint-congregation 7 fr top Joseph Gwinip-Jabez Gwinip 4 Bartow-Barton. Same error occurs below 14 restrance-remonstrance 15 fr bot Ireen-Treen & in 91 61 fr bot again 113 top line granutings-granulations 122 127. frt after time, read without his knowledge 127 7 fr bot for raging-ranging 131 5 3, 2.-3, 6-139 for David Kerr-David Keru, 142 11 fr tin-of- -161 15 fr top have-hear 183 2 fr bot evil of thy people-evil of the rulers of thy people 209 1st line 4th paragraph, for prejudiced-prejudged 225 near the bottom, for sit-sin-282 do Shafer-Shaver 285 top Job xxxi, 11-Psalm xxxv, 11. $61 12 rb unparelled--unparalleled 364 10 frt servant-serpent 372 12 Ehasuerus Ahasuerus The two last lines of page 311 should be at the bottom of 812. PREFACE. WITH the greatest diffidence I submit the contents of this book to the Public, well knowing my great deficiency, both in talents and education, to render myself an acceptable author: nor should I have published the work, unless it had become indispensably necessary, in order to correct and repel the many misrepresentations industriously circulated, the tendency of which were, to criminate and asperse my character, as well as the character of those connected with me, as complainants ;-and to correct the many falsities propagated against respectable persons, who bore testimony against the Rev. David Bar. clay, before the Presbytery of New Brunswick, by perverting the testimony into various shapes, to answer their own diabolical purposes. "For whilst one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos," 1 Cor. iii, 4, there will be misrepresentations, and divisions; and some individuals must suffer in reputation, unjustly. "But there were false prophets also among you, and many shall follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of," 2 Peter ii, 1, 2; and above all, is to be considered the false gloss, and dark shade cast on the religion of Jesus. Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven giv. en, among men, whereby we must be saved.' Acts iv, 12. I should have left this subject unnoticed, had the Presbytery of Hackettstown memory, acted with that kind of decorum by which great, dignified, and impartial judges should always be actuated. And had it not been for the unjust vote of censure on me, for stating Mr. Barclay's crimes in order before them, and also that many people are unenlightened as to this dark subject, and ignorant of the important nature of the charges the evidence adduced-the partial |