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 N.E. : To be presented to the churches & General Court for their consideration & acceptance in the Lord, the 8th. month, anno. 1649. : [Eight lines from Psalms]
Contributors: Mather, Richard, 1596-1669; Cotton, John, 1584-1652; Allen, James, 1632-1710, ed; First Church (Boston, Mass.)
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 969
Publisher: Printed by Bartholomew Green, & John Allen. Sold at the bookseller's shops.
Published: 1701
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Congregational churches -- Controversial literature; Congregational churches -- New England; New England -- Church history
Notes: Based on the draft prepared by Richard Mather. The preface is by John Cotton. Cf. Holmes

"Reprinted for the first Church of Christ in Boston, pursuant to a vote of that church, Febr. 10th. 1700/1."--verso of title page

"Edited, probably, by Rev. James Allen."--Evans

Includes resolutions adopted at the Synod at Boston, Sept. 10, 1679, and at the general meeting of ministers in Boston, May 27, 1697

Evans 969

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

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