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

Author/creator Cambridge Synod
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Re-printed by John Green, for D. Gookin, in Marlborough-Street, 1749.
Descriptionxxii, 55, 7 unnumbered pages ; 12⁰.
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Other author/creatorCotton, John, 1584-1652, author.
Other author/creatorMather, Richard, 1596-1669, author.
Other author/creatorMather, Richard, 1596-1669.
Other author/creatorCotton, John, 1584-1652.
Other author/creatorGreen, John printer.
Other author/creatorGookin, Daniel, 1720-1752, bookseller.
Other author/creatorCongregational Churches in Massachusetts. Boston Synod.
Other author/creatorReforming Synod (1679-1680 : Boston, Mass.)
General noteBased on the draft prepared by Richard Mather. The preface is by John Cotton. Cf. Holmes.
General noteThe synod adopted the Platform in 1648. The date was incorrectly given as 1649 in the first edition (Holmes 51-A) and the error repeated in subsequent editions.
General noteIncludes resolutions adopted at the Boston Synod, Sept. 10, 1679, and at the general meeting of ministers in Boston, May 27, 1697.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
References Evans, 6295
References Holmes, T.J. Minor Mathers, 51-P
References Sabin, 63339
References English Short Title Catalog, W35673.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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