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Fencing Address

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Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: In Scottish worship, a fencing address specified the sins that would disqualify a communicant and the grave consequences of someone approaching for communion without being worthy. See Nigel Yates, Buildings, Faith and Worship: The Liturgical Arrangement of Anglican Churches 1600-1900 (rev. ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), p.14.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Sermon: [1 John 4:16] 'Fencing address'

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Identifier: MS CHA6/21/43
Dates: mainly undated
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / The Chalmers Collection / Section 6, Manuscript writings and papers / Sermons

Sermon: [Romans 10:4] 'Fencing the tables', [4 November 1832]

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Identifier: MS CHA6/20/4
Dates: [4 November 1832]
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / The Chalmers Collection / Section 6, Manuscript writings and papers / Sermons, prayers, and lectures

Sermon: 'The Fencing', November 1820

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Identifier: MS CHA6/19/4
Dates: November 1820
Found in: New College Library Special Collections / The Chalmers Collection / Section 6, Manuscript writings and papers / Sermons and writings