A platform of church-discipline, gathered out of the Word of God; and agreed upon by the elders and messengers of the churches assembled in the Synod at Cambridge in N.E. To be presented to the churches and General Court for their consideration and acceptance in the Lord, the 8th month, anno 1649. [Eight lines from Psalms]
Congregational Churches in New England.Cambridge Synod.
Cotton, John,1584-1652.
Mather, Richard,1596-1669.
Congregational Churches in Massachusetts.Boston Synod.
Boston : Re-printed by John Green, for D. Gookin, in Marlborough-Street,
1749.
Based on the draft prepared by Richard Mather. The preface is by John Cotton. Cf. Holmes.
Includes resolutions adopted at the Boston Synod, Sept. 10, 1679, and at the general meeting of ministers in Boston, May 27, 1697.
The synod adopted the Platform in 1648. The date was incorrectly given as 1649 in the first edition (Holmes 51-A) and the error repeated in subsequent editions.
ESTC
Evans,
Holmes, T.J. Minor Mathers,
Sabin,
Microfiche.