INDEPENDENT WHIG:

OR, A

DEFENCE.

·OF

Primitive Christianity,

And of Our

Ecclefiaflical Eftablishment,

AGAINST

The Exorbitant CLAIM S and
ENCROACHMENTS of Fanatical and
Difaffected CLERGY MEN.

By THOMAS GORDON, Efq;

The EIGHTH EDITION,
With ADDITIONS and AMENDMENTS.

In FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed for R. WARE, T. LONGMAN, C.
HITCH and L. HAWES, J. HODGES, A.
MILLAR, J. WARD, W. JOHNSTON, and
M. COOPER. M.DCC.LIII,