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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 New-England: to be presented to the churches and General Court, for their consideration and acceptance in the Lord, the eighth month, anno 1648. ; [Six lines from Psalms].

Author/creator Cambridge Synod (1646-1648 : Cambridge, Mass.)
Other author/creatorMather, Richard, 1596-1669.
Other author/creatorCotton, John, 1584-1652.
Other author/creatorReforming Synod (1679-1680 : Boston, Mass.) Confession of faith.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold by Belcher and Armstrong, Suffolk Buildings, State Street, 1808.
Description118, 36 pages ; 19 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Uniform titleCambridge platform
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 14761. ^A575643
General noteBased on the draft prepared by Richard Mather. The preface is by John Cotton. Cf. Holmes, T.J. The Minor Mathers (Cambridge, Mass., 1940).
General noteIncludes two blank leaves between p. 70 and [71]. Although the pagination is continuous, the gatherings switch from an alphabetic to a numerical notation at this point.
General note"Appendix. Being some collections for the information of those that are not acquainted with the principles and practices of the first and most eminent leaders in the churches of Christ in New-England."--p. [64]-65.
General note"A testimony to the order of the Gospel, in the churches of New-England: left in the hands of the churches, by the two most aged ministers of the Gospel yet surviving in the country."--p. 66-69. Signed: John Higginson. William Hubbard. Followed by a postscript, p. 69-70, also signed by Higginson and Hubbard.
General note"The answer of the elders and other messengers of the churches, assembled at Boston, in the year 1662. To the questions propounded to them by order of the honorable General Court."--p. [71]-118.
General note"A confession of faith, owned and consented unto by the elders and messengers of the churches assembled at Boston in New-England, May 12, 1680. Being the second session of that synod."--36 p., 2nd count, with separate title page. Recorded by Shaw & Shoemaker as an integral part of thePlatform of church discipline (14761) as well as separately at number 14760.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 14761
References Shaw & Shoemaker 14760
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 14761).
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 14760).