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]

Wise, John, 1652-1725.

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Wise, John, 1652-1725.; et al., 2009, 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], CLARIN DSpace, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/N09928.

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dc.contributor.author	Wise, John, 1652-1725.
dc.contributor.author	Higginson, John, 1616-1708.
dc.contributor.author	Hubbard, William, 1621 or 2-1704.
dc.contributor.author	Wise, John, 1652-1725. Churches quarrel espoused.
dc.contributor.author	White, John, 1677-1760. New England's lamentations. Selections.
dc.contributor.author	Cambridge Synod (1646-1648 : Cambridge, Mass.) Platform of church discipline.
dc.contributor.author	Boston Synod (1679-1680). Confession of faith.
dc.coverage.placeName	Boston, Massachusetts
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-25
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-22T18:50:27Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-22T18:50:27Z
dc.date.created	1772
dc.date.issued	2009-04
dc.description.abstract	The second Boyle edition of 1772. Cf. Evans 12625. "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." "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 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. List of subscribers, p. [273-284].
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dc.language	English
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dc.publisher	University of Oxford
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dc.subject.lcsh	Church polity.
dc.subject.lcsh	Congregational churches -- New England -- Government.
dc.subject.lcsh	Local church councils.
dc.subject.lcsh	Subscribers' lists.
dc.title	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]
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