In Which It Is Endeavored To Ascertain: What Was The Example Left By Christ And The Apostles In This Matter; What Was The Practice Of Christians In The Earliest Ages Of The Church; And What Are The Laws And Authorized Practice Of The Established Church Of Scotland.

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Introduction.

Section One. The use of the Communion Table, in celebrating the Sacrament of our Lord’s Supper, is in conformity with the example of Christ, and the Apostles, and the nature and design of that holy ordinance.

Section Two. The use of the Communion Table, in celebrating the Sacrament of our Lord’s Supper, is in conformity with practice of Christians, in the first and purest ages of the Christian Church.

Section Three. A view of the corrupt Innovations, respecting the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, and the Communion Table, in the past ages of the Christian Church.

Section Four. The use of the Communion Table, in celebrating the Sacrament of our Lord’s Supper, is in conformity with the laws, authorized practice of the Established Church of Scotland, since the Reformation.

Section Five. Answers to the arguments in favor of the late Innovation.

Conclusion.