Excerpt from The Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, 1838, Vol. 20 This plan' contained all the leading principles of a Scriptural form of church polity. 1. It placed the chief power in the pastors, or body of elders or presbyters. 2. It recognized an episcopacy of three, five, or seven, &c. 3. The rights and privileges of the people were secured by the discipline which it included, the doctrines to be taught, and the services of an efficient ministry, who solemnly vow ed to derote themselves entirely to God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.