A short story of the rise, reign, and ruin of the Antinomians, Familists and libertines that infected the churches of New-England : and how they were confuted by the assembly of ministers there, as also of the magistrates proceedings in court against them : together with Gods strange and remarkable judgements from Heaven upon some of the chief fomenters of these opinions, and the lamentable death of Mr. Hutchinson : very fit for these times, here being the same errours amongst us, and acted by the same spirit / published at the instant request of sundry by one that was an eye and ear-witness of the carriage of matters there.
| Author/creator | Winthrop, John |
| Other author | Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662. |
| Other author | Massachusetts. General Court. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1644. |
| Description | 18 unnumbered pages, 64 [i.e., 68] pages ; 20 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Antinomians and Familists condemned by the synod of elders in New England |
| Contents | A catalogue of such erroneous opinions as were found to have beene brought into New-England, and spread under-hand here, as they were condemned by an assembly of the churches, at New Town, Aug. 30, 1637 -- Unsavoury speeches confuted -- The proceedings of the Generall Court holden at New-Towne, in the Massachusets in New-England, Octob. 2, 1637, against Mr. Wheelwright and other erroneous and seditious persons for their disturbances of the publick peace -- A briefe apologie in defence of the generall proceedings of the Court, holden at Boston the ninth day of the first moneth, 1636, against Mr. J. Wheelwright a member there, by occasion of a sermon delivered there in the same congregation. |
| Local note | Errors in pagination: p. 65-68 misnumbered as 57, 60, 61 and 64. |
| General note | Postscript to pref. signed: T. Welde. |
| General note | Attributed to John Winthrop by Sabin (cf. no. 104843) who notes, "For evidence of Winthrop's authorship, see C.F. Adams' 'Antinomianism in the colony of Massachusetts Bay,' Prince Soc. Publications, 1894." |
| General note | First printed, without the pref., under title: Antinomians and Familists condemned by the synod of elders in Nevv England. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 104849. |
| Citation/References note | RLIN, CTRG01-B3193 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Antinomians and Familists condemned by the synod of elders in Nevv England. |
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