A platform of church discipline
Subtitle: 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 New England. To be presented to the churches and Generall Court, for their consideration and acceptance in the Lord. The eight moneth anno 1649
Contributors: Cotton, John, 1584-1652; Mather, Richard, 1596-1669; Ternaux-Compans, Henri, 1807-1864; Massachusetts. General Court
Publisher: Printed at Cambridge by S[amuel] G[reen] at in New England and are to be sold at Cambridge and Boston
Published: 1649
Place of publication: [Cambridge, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Congregational churches; Councils and synods; Church and state; Church history
Work titles: Cambridge platform
Notes: Name of printer supplied by Wing.

Known as the Cambridge platform, based on the draft prepared by Richard Mather.

Preface, pages [1]-10, 2nd count, written by John Cotton. See Evans.

Two states of the title page noted. In the first state, the imprint begins "Printed at Cambridge by S G in New England ..." (Wing, P2396A); in the second, the imprint begins "Printed by S G at Cambridge in New England ..." (Wing, P2396). For further differences, see: Sternberg, P.R., and J.M. Brayer. "Composite imaging: a new technique in bibliographic research." PBSA 77, no. 4 (1983): 431-445

See also: Arbour, Keith. "The Title-Page of 'A Platform of Church Discipline' (Cambridge, 1649) and the Date of Its Printing." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 85, no. 2 (1991): 175-179. Arbour corrects Holmes's mistaken assertion that the date '1649' in the title is a misprint for 1648

Signatures: pi² (pi1 + 2A⁴) (pi2 missigned 2A5) A-D⁴ (D3 and D4 versos blank).

With final contents and errata leaf on page [2], 4th count.

Title printed within ornamental border; head and tail pieces; initials.

Holmes, T.J. Minor Mathers, 51-A

Evans, C. American bibliography, 25

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 63331

Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 491

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), P2396A

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, II: page 672

English short title catalogue, W42980

Purchase; 1846; 0428.