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- 1 2 Good, James Isaac (1899). History of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1725-1792. D. Miller. p. 200.
- ↑ Snyder, Howard A. (1997-03-17). Signs of the Spirit: How God Reshapes the Church. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 141–142. ISBN 978-1-7252-0782-0.