The Original constitution, order and faith of the New-England churches. : Comprising the Platform of church discipline adopted in 1648. Propositions respecting baptism and consociation of churches answered by the synod of 1662. A confession of faith, adopted by the New-England churches 1680. : With an appendix containing the testimony of Rev. Messrs. Higginson, and Hubbard, to the order of churches, and other minor and valuable documents.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.

Cotton, John, 1584-1652.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25138.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congregational churches--New England.

Congregational churches.

Congregational churches--Controversial literature.

New England.

New England--Church history.

Church history.

Genre:

Controversial literature.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 118, 36 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

[Portland, Me.] : Boston, printed. Reprinted for A. Lyman & Co. booksellers, Portland., 1812.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Reissue, with added title page, of: Cambridge Synod (1646-1648 : Cambridge, Mass.). A platform of church discipline ... Boston : Belcher and Armstrong, 1808 (Shaw & Shoemaker 14761).

Based on the draft prepared by Richard Mather. The preface is by John Cotton. Cf. Holmes, T.J. The Minor Mathers (Cambridge, Mass., 1940).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25138).

Contains:

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

Reforming Synod (1679-1680 : Boston, Mass.). Confession of faith.

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