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Considerations on the present state of the controversy between the Protestants and Papists of Great Britain and Ireland; particularly on the question how far the latter are entitled to a toleration upon Protestant principles. Being the substance of two discourses delivered to the clergy of the arch-deaconry of Cleveland, in the years 1765 and 1766 by Francis Blackburne

A discourse preached December 15th, 1774. Being the day recommended by the provincial Congress; and afterwards at the Boston lecture by William Gordon

A short and plain discourse of justifying faith by Thomas Cole

Abridgement of an ingenious pamphlet lately published, intituled Faction detected

The certain and unchangeable difference betwixt moral good and evil : a sermon preach'd before the Societies for Reformation of Manners, at Salters-Hall, on Monday the 3d of July, 1732 ... by William Wishart

Private judgment concerning the schism of the Seceders and their judicative capacity

Of the time of the general judgment by Thomas Reader

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About meJohn Witherspoon (15 February 1723 - 15 November 1794), a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). The only clergyman and college president to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Born in Gifford, Scotland, Witherspoon was educated at the University of Edinburgh, taking a Masters of Arts degree in 1739. He was pastor at the Presbyterian churches of Beith (1745-1758) and Paisley (1758-1768), during which time he wrote several theological works.

In 1768, Witherspoon accepted the invitation to become the sixth president of the College of New Jersey, where he taught the senior moral philosophy course and instituted several key curricular reforms.

Witherspoon was an early supporter of the American struggle against Britain, joining a local committee of correspondence in 1774. He was elected a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, serving there from June 1776 until November 1782 in a prominent capacity.

Following the Revolution Witherspoon took on the responsibility of rebuilding the damaged campus, served two terms in the state legislature, and supported ratification of the Constitution. He died in 1794 and is buried in the Princeton Cemetery.

About my libraryThose volumes included here are from the collections of Firestone Library at Princeton University. Any additional volumes will be added as they can be located (tips appreciated).

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