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]

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cotton, John
Corporate Authors: Congregational Churches in New England Cambridge Synod, Congregational Churches in Massachusetts Boston Synod, Reforming Synod (1679-1680, Boston, Mass.)
Other Authors: Gookin, Daniel, Green, John (Printer)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston Re-printed by John Green, for D. Gookin, in Marlborough-Street 1749, 1749
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:Based on the draft prepared by Richard Mather. The preface is by John Cotton. Cf. Holmes. - English Short Title Catalog, W35673. - Evans, 6295. - Holmes, T.J. Minor Mathers, 51-P. - Includes resolutions adopted at the Boston Synod, Sept. 10, 1679, and at the general meeting of ministers in Boston, May 27, 1697. - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. - Sabin, 63339. - The 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
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (xxii,55,[7]p) 12°