Thoughts upon the rupture which has taken place in the Associate Burgher Synod, addressed to the laity. [electronic resource] : With a short narrative of the controversy which was the occasion of the unhappy division amongst them. And remarks upon the sentiments of the majority of the synod respecting the civil magistrate's power in matters of religion, and the binding obligation of our covenants upon posterity. By James Menzies, Layman, and author of An humble attempt to vindicate the principles and characters of the burgher seceders, published int he year 1778.