THE

RATIONAL FOUNDATION

OF A

Christian Church,

And the TERMS of

CHRISTIAN COMMUNION.

To which are added

THREE DISCOURSES,

VIZ.

DISC. I. A Pattern for a DISSENTING
PREACHER.

DISC. II. The Office of DEACONS.

DISC. III. Invitations to CHURCH-FEL-

LOWSHIP.

BY

ISAAC WATTS, D. D.

LONDON:

Printed for JOHN OSWALD, at the Rofe and
Crown in the Poultry; and JAMES BUCK-
LAND, at the Buck in Pater-Nofter Row.

MDCCXLVII.

THE

PREFACE.

HE Principles on which Chriftian Churches are built, are so plain, so natural and eafy, and fo

much the fame with thofe which give Rife to all the well-formed Societies

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