Huntington, William; Froeligh, Solomon. The Trial of Universal Charity, By a Jury; their Verdict, and his Sentence. Detached from the Works of the Rev. William Huntington, S.S., Late Minister of the Gospel in England; By Solomon Froeligh, V.D.M., Hackensack, &c. New-York: Published by N. B. Holmes, 1824. First Edition. [11503]
Full calf with a red leather spine title label, joints good, some worming to the front board, 7 x 4 1/2 inches, tight. Several ink name stamps of Henry Mattice, Jr., including on the title page. 268 pages, some foxing and small stains. Very good. Hardcover.
Huntington was a godly preacher who signed his name "S.S." for "Sinner Saved.," despising all other credentials. No pomp, no circumstance, no pretensions; only a humble man preaching the gospel of Christ. That is someone whom one can trust for spiritual Christian lessons.
Copyright date is October 1, 1824.
A polemic against Universalism, here styled "Universal Charity." From the Preface: "...whoever presumes to follow the example of the Reformers, and their orthodox successors, in confining Christian charity, within Scripture bounds, is stigmatized as a bigot, or an Antinomian, and it has introduced Hopkinsian and other Arminian errors."
William Huntington (1744-1813), an English Calvinistic Methodist preacher. “He passed his early life in menial service and dissipation, but after conversion he entered the ministry, and became a popular preacher in London. On his books he took the title S.S., or Sinner Saved.” – M’Clintock & Strong.
“ I cannot get a D.D. for the want of cash, neither can I get at M.A. for want of learning; therefore I am compelled to fly for refuge to S.S., by which I mean Sinner Saved.” – Huntington.
Solomon Froleigh (1750-1827), b. Red Hook, NY; a Reformed Dutch minister and professor of theology, one of the ministers who seceded to form The True Reformed Dutch Church in 1822.
