A vindication of the government of New-England churches Drawn from antiquity; the light of nature; Holy Scripture; it's noble nature; and from the dignity Divine Providence has put upon it. By John Wise, A.M. Pastor to a church in Ipswich. [Five lines of Scripture texts

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wise, John
Corporate Authors: Cambridge Synod (1646-1648, Cambridge, Mass.), Reforming Synod (1679-1680, Boston, Mass.)
Other Authors: Boyle, John (Printer), Higginson, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston Printed and sold by John Boyles, in Marlboro'-Street 1772, MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:"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. .."--p. [233]-271, with separate title page. - "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 8th month, anno 1648. .."--p. [181]-231, with separate title page. - "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. 68-74; signed: John Higginson. William Hubbard. - "The churches quarrel espoused: or, A reply in satyr, to certain proposals made, in answer to this question,--What further steps are to be taken, that the councils may have due constitution and efficacy in supporting, preserving, and well-ordering the interest of the churches in the country? By John Wise .."--p. [75]-180, with separate title page. Includes "an extract from a book intituled, New-England's lamentations, wrote by the Reverend Mr. John White .. inserted at the request of a number of the subscribers." -. - English Short Title Catalog, W2448. - Evans, 12626. - List of subscribers, p. [273-284]. - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. - Sabin, 104901. - The second Boyle edition of 1772. Cf. Evans 12625
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