{"product_id":"1829-parsons-cooke-defends-against-unitarian-accusations","title":"1829 Parsons Cooke Defends against Unitarian Accusations","description":"\u003cp\u003eCooke, Parsons. \u003cstrong\u003eA Reply to a Letter in the Christian Examiner, addressed to the Rev. Parsons Cooke.\u003c\/strong\u003e Boston: Printed by Peirce and Williams, 1829. First Edition. [12134]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoved, no wrapper, 7 x 4 1\/4 inches, 38 pp., foxing. Good. Pamphlet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. Cooke answers criticisms published in the Unitarian periodical, the \u003cem\u003eChristian Examiner.\u003c\/em\u003e He denies that the orthodox congregationalists are seeking to set up an established church, that they are plotting to \"overthrow the institutions by which the State is upheld, that the orthodox are guilty of conspiring to remove a state governor, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCooke turns the argument on its head and shows how it is the Unitarians that have gained state power, and are attempting to suppress the orthodox.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. Parsons Cooke (1800-1864), b. Hadley, Massachusetts; d. Lynn, Massachusetts. Rev. Cooke was graduated at Williams College, afterwards studying theology with Edward Dorr Griffin. After serving briefly as pastor in two churches in 1836 he became the minister of the First Congregational Church in Lynn, Mass., where he remained for nearly thirty years. He was also the the author of several books, was on the Orthodox side of the Unitarian controversies, and edited \u003cem\u003eThe New England Puritan\u003c\/em\u003e periodical.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43872375111746,"sku":"ABE12134","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC07363.jpg?v=1781889885","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1829-parsons-cooke-defends-against-unitarian-accusations","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}