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Church-government and church-covenant discvssed in an answer of the elders of the severall churches in New-England : to two and thirty questions, sent over to them by divers ministers in England, to declare their judgments therein : together with an apologie of the said elders in New-England for Church-Covenant, sent over in answer to Master Bernard in the yeare 1639 : as also in an answer to nine positions about church-government : and now published for the satisfaction of all who desire resolution in those points.

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Main Author:	Mather, Richard, 1596-1669
Other Authors:	Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660
Format:	Microform Book
Language:	English
Series:	Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 245:E.106, no. 8.
Subjects:	Davenport, John, > 1597-1670. > Answer to the elders of the several churches in New England. Bernard, Richard, > 1568-1641. Church polity. Congregational churches > England. Congregational churches > Government.

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