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 at the churches and Generall Court for their consideration and acceptance, in the Lord. The eight moneth anno 1649 : [Seven lines from Psalms].

Author/creator Cambridge Synod
Other author Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.
Other author Cotton, John, 1584-1652.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Cambridge, Mass.] : Printed by S G [i.e., Samuel Green] at Cambridge in New England and are to be sold at Cambridge and Boston, Anno Dom: 1649.
Description2 unnumbered pages, 10, 29 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (4to)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 25. ^A478749
General noteBased on the draft prepared by Richard Mather. The preface is by John Cotton. See Holmes.
General noteSee also: Arbour, Keith. "The Title-Page of 'A Platform of Church Discipline' (Cambridge, 1649) and the Date of Its Printing." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 85, no. 2 (1991): 175-179. Arbour corrects Holmes's mistaken assertion that the date '1649' in the title is a misprint for 1648.
General noteTwo states of the title page noted. In the first state, the imprint begins "Printed at Cambridge by S G in New England ..." In the second, the imprint begins "Printed by S G at Cambridge in New England ..." For further differences, see: Sternberg, P.R., and J.M. Brayer. "Composite imaging: a new technique in bibliographic research." PBSA 77, no. 4 (1983): 431-445.
General noteErrata note, p. [31].
References Evans 25
References Wing (2nd ed.) P2396
References Wing (2nd ed.) P2396A
References Holmes, T.J. Minor Mathers, 51-A
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., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 25).

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