Carson, Alexander; Cox, F. L. Baptism in its Mode and Subjects Considered; and the Arguments of Mr. Ewing and Dr. Wardlaw Refuted. Together with A Review of Dr. Dwight on Baptism. New-York: C. C. P. Crosby, 1832. First Edition. [11502]
Full sheep, good joints, some wear at the headcap and corners, a couple of small holes to the surface leather, brown leather title label & lines in gilt, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches.[i]-ix, [1], [11]-395 pp., complete. Some light foxing; tight. Very good. Hardcover.
The Preface to this American Edition has the date of March, 1832. Starr, in his Baptist Bibliography, does not list this first American Edition. His list begins with the 4th American Edition of 1848.
"Never before has been presented in one volume the views of five such men; Wardlaw, Ewing, Dwight, on one side; with Cox and Carson on the other." - Preface to the American Edition.
Alexander Carson, LL.D., (1776-1844), born in Co. Tyrone, Ireland, began his ministry as a Presbyterian but after attempting to refute Haldane's New Views of Baptism he was instead persuaded of the correctness of believer's baptism by immersion. A collection of all of his writings was posthumously published in Dublin in six large volumes; he is best known today for his work on Baptism. Carson was for nearly fifty years the pastor of a congregation in Tobermore, Co. Londonderry, Ireland.
Although the title page has "F. L. Cox," the author is Francis Augustus Cox (1783-1853), and the title is an edition of Starr CC1884, first published in 1824. Cox was an English Baptist pastor and author. He was the minister of the Mare Street Chapel in Hackney for 42 years.
