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Description and Holding Information
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Platform of church discipline, 1649
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August 1649 Platform of church discipline 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 General Court for their consideration and acceptance. Included was a preface, 17 chapters of instructions and a table of contents. Of note, Chapter 14, page 22 notes that an excommunicated person was spiritually punished; however it did not effect his civil rights. A transcript, without biblical references in the margins, can be found at: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N00008.0001.001?view=toc. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island).
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Title:
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.
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OCLC Number:
62807275
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Available Volumes
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Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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