A rather scarce work engaging with the Sacramental debate in Scotland during the late 18th century. One school, more evangelically minded and largely those who had in mind the frequent sacramental occasions attending the Cambuslang Revival, etc., were in favor of celebrating more often. The other, feeling it made it less sacred and encouraged all kinds of "looseness" favored less frequent communion.
Erskine [b.1721] was of the former school. He had been one of the most significant voices defending the work of Whitefield at Cambuslang, participated in the large-scale celebrations of the Lord's Supper, and even published a defense arguing that the Revival in which he suggested it may well be the last great work of grace that ushered in the final reign of Jesus. He also corresponded extensively on subjects related to revival and experimental Christianity with Jonathan Edwards.
No copies in the trade or at auction.
Erskine, John. An Attempt to Promote the Frequent Dispensing of the Lord's Supper. By John Erskine, D. D. On of the Ministers of Edinburgh. Kilmarnock. Printed and Sold by J. Wilson. 1783. 72pp.
A good copy, bound in leather, and while the boards are quite tenderly bound the text itself is generally solid, with light foxing.
