An Essay on the Nature and Discipline of a Christian Church

Boston: R. M. Peck, Printer, 1822. First Edition. Very good. First American edition; 6 1/4 x 3 1/2; pp. [1], 4-18; plain, speckled gray wraps tied with a string; a few minor spots of foxing; small loss of paper to lower corner of back wrap; overall in very good condition.On the freedom of religion and the church discipline, the booklet was written by British Unitarian minister and itinerant missionary of the Unitarian Fund Richard Wright (1764 - 1836). Among other things, he would be remembered for being a Biblical fundamentalist in his teaching, for challenging other Christians on the question of whether Christ wholly died on the cross, and for rejecting the virgin birth of Jesus Christ (Shoemaker, 11490).