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• Tithing and the Church (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1994), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
• An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God (H. Inglis, 1790), by Jonathan Edwards and Thomas Foxcroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christian fellowship, or, The church member's guide. (Lincoln and Edmands, 1831), by John Angell James and John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
• A resolution of some cases of conscience which respect church-communion ... (Printed by H. Hills, jun. for F. Gardiner, 1683), by William Sherlock (page images at HathiTrust)
• ... Who are members of the church? A statement of evidence in criticism of a sentence in the Appeal to all Christian people made by the Lambeth conference of 1920 (Longmans, Green, & co., 1921), by Darwell Stone and F. W. Puller (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual for young church-members (Published by John S. Taylor and Co., 1841), by Leonard Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Union with the church, the solemn duty, and the blessed privilege of all who would be saved. (Lindsay & Blakiston, 1856), by Henry Harbaugh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The modern meaning of church membership (Methodist Book Concern, 1919), by John M. Versteeg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ingathering of members : suggestions for increasing the membership of a church : practical methods worked out in personal experience (Westminster Press, 1915), by John Balcom Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• The probationer's companion : with studies in Pilgrim's progress (Eaton & Mains ;, 1893), by J. O. Peck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christian fellowship : or, The church member's guide (Lincoln & Edmands, 1830), by John Angell James and John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Christian professor addressed : in a series of counsels and cautions to the members of Christian churches (New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1838., 1838), by John Angell James (page images at HathiTrust)
• The case of mixt communion, whether it be lawful to separate from a church upon the account of promiscuous congregations and mixt communions? ... (Printed for T. Basset [etc.], 1683), by Samuel Freeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual for young church-members (S. Cooke, 1833), by Leonard Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Church member's guide. (Lincoln & Edmands, 1829), by John Angell James and John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual for church members (Reading press, 1942), by John Leo Pottinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Come with us. (Soldiers' Tract Association, 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plain Scripture proof of infants church-membership and baptism : being the arguments prepared for (and partly managed in) the publick dispute with Mr. Tombes at Bewdley on the first day of Jan. 1649 : with a full reply to what he then answered and what is contained in his sermon since preached ... with a reply to his valedictory oration at Bewdley and a corrective for his antidote (Printed for Robert White, 1653), by Richard Baxter, Thomas Bedford, and John Tombes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kaspar Hauser's Confirmationsfeier am 20. May 1833 in der St. Gumpertuskirche dahier gahalten und auf vielseitiges Verlangen dem Drucke übergeben. (Brügel, 1924), by H. Fuhrmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The church member's guide. (Gould, Kendall, & Lincoln, 1841), by John Angell James, Hubbard Winslow, and John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
• Joining the church, or, materials for conversations between a minister and intending communicants (William Oliphant and Co., 1865), by Alexander Balloch Grosart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Congregational independency viewed from within. (J. Lovell, 1859), by Henry Wilkes (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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-fellowship. (J. Oswald and J. Buckland, 1747), by Isaac Watts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Church membership, or, The conditions of New Testament and Methodist Church membership examined and compared (W. Briggs;, 1882), by S. Bond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Church membership and what it involves a lecture delivered under the auspices of the Auxiliary Home Mission Board of Hants County, N.S., April 20th, 1880 (Published by members of the Board, 1880), by J. W. Manning (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to the Rev. Henry Wilson, D.D., stating objections to his recent pamphlet and submitting other reasons for the apparent decrease in our church membership (s.n.], 1883), by T. Bedford-Jones and Henry Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Baptism & communion being strictures on a book entitled Baptism, the covenant and the family by Rev. Philip Wolff, delivered in Nordheimer's Hall, Montreal, March 30th, 1862 (s.n., 1862), by J. H. Walden and Philip Wolff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Duties of the church member to the church (s.n., 1800), by Thomas Murphy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Congregational independency viewed from within (J. Lovell, 1859), by Henry Wilkes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Church membership of children (s.n., in the 1870s), by John Munro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ansprachen und Gebete gesprochen in den Versammlungen der ev.-luth. Gesammtgemeinde und ihres Vorstandes (Lutherischer Concordia-Verlag, 1888), by C. F. W. Walther (page images at HathiTrust)
• De gemeenschap der heiligen (Zalsman, 1904), by Jan van Andel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The church member's guide. (Gould and Lincoln; [etc., etc.], 1859), by John Angell James, Hubbard Winslow, and John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
• More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism: or A second defence of our infant rights and mercies. In three parts. The first is, the plain proof of Gods statute, or covenant for infants church-membership from the creation, and the continuance of it till the institution of baptism; with the defence of that proof against the frivolous exceptions of Mr. Tombes. And a confutation of Mr. Tombes his arguments against infants church-membership. The second is, a confutation of the strange forgeries of Mr. H. Danvers against the antiquity of infant-baptism ... The third part is, animadversions of Mr. Danvers's reply to Mr. Willes ... (Printed for N. Simmons ... and J. Robinson ..., 1675), by Richard Baxter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Church membership; or, The conditions of New Testament and Methodist church membership examined and compared. (William Briggs, 1882), by S. Bond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Premature church-membership (Anson D.F. Randolph, 1860), by M. R. Fory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why go to church? (Harper, 1957), by Truman B. Douglass (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Men in the church : an address delivered before the Synod of Pennsylvania at the First Presbyterian Church, York, Penn'a ... Oct. 28, 1909 (Allen, Lane & Scott, 1909), by William H. Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Place of the laity in the Church (London : R. Scott ; Milwaukee : Young Churchman, 1918., 1918), by W. J. Sparrow-Simpson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The green book ; church membership -- what it is, what are its privileges and obligations, and what is its end (Philadelphia : St. Mark's league of intercession, 1920., 1920), by Horace Brock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essays on the church of God : in which the doctrines of church membership and infant baptism are fully discussed (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1843., 1843), by John M. Mason and Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School) Board of Publication (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christian fellowship (Boston : Lincoln & Edmands, 1829., 1829), by John Angell James and John Overton Choules (page images at HathiTrust)
• Union with the church, the solemn duty, and the blessed privilege of all who would be saved (Philadelphia : Lindsay & Blakiston, 1856., 1856), by Henry Harbaugh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Confirmation and restauration, the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation : for the healing of the corruptions and divisions of the churches ... (London : Printed by A.M. for N. Simmons, 1658., 1658), by Richard Baxter and Puritan Collection of English and American Literature (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• "These little ones" : what God has commanded touching their church membership, and what he has graciously promised concerning their salvation (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1878., 1878), by William Scribner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Series of letters, on the relation, rights, privileges and duties of baptized children. (Lexington, KY : Printed by Joseph G. Norwood, 1828., 1828), by John M'Farland and Baptism Controversy Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual for communicants' classes (Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-school work, 1923., 1923), by J. R. Miller and Gerrit Verkuyl (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short description of the difference between the bond-woman and the free; as they are the two covenants, with the characters and conditions of each of their children: : considered in a sermon, delivered at Middleborough, / by Isaac Backus, Preacher of the Gospel. ; Wherein is particularly shewn, that none are proper subjects of the special ordinances of the Gospel-church, but real saints. (Boston; New England, : Printed by Green & Russell, at their printing-office near the custom-house, and next to the writing-school in Queen-Street., 1756), by Isaac Backus (HTML at Evans TCP)
• An humble inquiry into the rules of the Word of God, concerning the qualifications requisite to a compleat standing and full communion in the visible Christian church. By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; With an appendix by Mr. Foxcroft. ; [Ten lines of quotations] (Boston: : Printed & sold by S. Kneeland in Queenstreet,, 1749), by Jonathan Edwards and Thomas Foxcroft (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The church-membership of children, and their right to baptisme, according to that holy and everlasting covenant of God, established between himself, and the faithfull and their seed after them, in their generations: cleared up in a letter, sent unto a worthy friend of the author, and many yeares agoe written touching that subject; / by Thomas Shepard, sometimes Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridg in New-England. ; Published at the earnest request of many: for the consolidation and encouragemenr [sic], both of parents and children in the Lord. ; [Twelve lines of Scripture texts] (Cambridg [Mass.] : Printed by Samuel Green., 1663), by Thomas Shepard and John Wilson (HTML at Evans TCP)
• An appeal to the learned. Being a vindication of the right of visible saints to the Lords Supper, though they be destitute of a saving work of God's spirit on their hearts: against the exceptions of Mr. Increase Mather. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; [Two lines from Daniel] (Boston: : Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Phillips at the brick shop., 1709), by Solomon Stoddard (HTML at Evans TCP)

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