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 & General Court for their consideration & acceptance in the Lord, th 8th. month, anno. 1649. [Eight lines from Psalms]

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Cambridge Synod (1646-1648 : Cambridge, Mass.)

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A platform of church-discipline [electronic resource] : 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, th 8th. month, anno. 1649. [Eight lines from Psalms].

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Boston : Printed by Bartholomew Green, & John Allen. Sold at the bookseller's shops, 1701.

Physical Description

[26],64,[6]p. ; 8⁰.

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Access is available to the Yale community.

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.

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.