To Set Them In Order
Some Influences of the Philadelphia Baptist Association
Upon Baptists in America to 1814
by Dr. James L. Clark

The Philadelphia Baptist Association, organized Saturday, September 27, 1707 was for 44 years the only such association in America . In many aspects of both doctrine and polity the Philadelphia Association set the standards of Baptist faith and practice in America . In this book, Dr. Clark examines some of these more enduring influences of this association on Baptist development in America, from the time of its formation in 1707 until the formation of the General Missionary (or Triennial) Convention in 1814. As he states in the introduction, the aim of the work is "to treat these influences as they had a bearing upon the education, doctrine, organization, and discipline of the Baptists of this country to 1814."

This work is the second release in our Philadelphia Association Series, and contains, in facsimile form, a copy of the Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith of 1742, from the oldest extant sixth edition of 1743, printed in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin. In addition there is included a facsimile copy of the Baptist Catechism of 1782, which was also published under the auspices of the association, and the histories of two of the older churches of the association (Pennepek and Great Valley ) by Pennsylvania historian Horatio Gates Jones, Jr.

"The Influence of the Philadelphia Association has been greater in shaping Baptist modes of thinking and working, than any other body in existence."
The Baptist Encyclopedia, edited by William Cathcart (1881), p. 917.

Navy grade B buckram binding, smyth sewn, with gold stamping on the spine and front cover. Acid-free paper. 466 p. Illustrated, with a full index.