A discourse on the Christian union : the substance of which was delivered before the Reverend Convention of the Congregational Clergy in the Colony of Rhode-Island; assembled at Bristol. April 23, 1760. /

A discussion of the lawfulness of a pastor's acting as an officer in other churches besides that which he is specially called to take the oversight of /
by: Mather, Nathanael, 1631-1697

A discussion of the lawfulness of a pastor's acting as an officer in other churches besides that which he is specially called to take the oversight of /
by: Mather, Nathanael, 1631-1697
Published: (1698)

An extract from the manuscripts of the Reverend and learned Mr. Robert Breck, late Pastor to the Church of Christ in Marlborough : Concerning lay or ruling elders distinct from teaching, &c.
by: Breck, Robert, 1682-1731
Published: (1732)

A discourse on the Christian union : the substance of which was delivered before the Reverend Convention of the Congregational Clergy in the Colony of Rhode-Island; assembled at Bristol April 23, 1760. By Ezra Stiles, A.M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Newport. [Five lines of quotations].
by: Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... /
by: Ball, John, 1585-1640
Published: (1644)

The true nature of a Gospel church and its government ... /
by: Owen, John, 1616-1683
Published: (1689)

The true nature of a Gospel church and its government ... /
by: Owen, John, 1616-1683

The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches walking in brotherly equalitie, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another : measured and examined bythe golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars /
by: Cotton, John, 1584-1652
Published: (1645)

The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches walking in brotherly equalitie, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another : measured and examined by the golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars /
by: Cotton, John, 1584-1652

A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... /
by: Ball, John, 1585-1640

A Letter to a gentleman relating to the office of ruling elders in the churches.
Published: (1731)

The old principles of New England. Or, Thirty three articles extracted from, and contrasting of, The platform of church-discipline, agreed, by the renowned synod, of churches from four colonies, assembled at Cambridge, 1647.

Blessed unions : an union with the Son of God by Faith, and an union in the Church of God by love, importunately pressed in a discourse which makes divers offers for those unions : together with a copy of those articles where-upon a most happy union ha's been lately made between those two eminent parties in England, which have now changed the names of Presbyterians and Congregationals, for that of United Brethren /
by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

Blessed unions : an union with the Son of God by Faith, and an union in the Church of God by love, importunately pressed in a discourse which makes divers offers for those unions : together with a copy of those articles where-upon a most happy union ha's been lately made between those two eminent parties in England, which have now changed the names of Presbyterians and Congregationals, for that of United Brethren /
by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Published: (1692)

A Specimen of the confession of faith, and covenant engagements, upon which, for substance, the members of the several consociated churches, in Connecticut, unite and practice: and in a form, corresponding to those which are in constant use amongst us, at the admission of new members.

Returning unto God the great concernment of a covenant people : or, A sermon preached to the Second church in Boston in New England, March 17, 1679-1680 when that church did solemnly and explicitly renew their covenant with God, and one with another.
by: Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

A survey of the summe of church-discipline : wherein the way of the churches of New-England is warranted out of the word, and all exceptions of weight, which are made against it, answered : whereby also it will appear to the judicious reader that something more must be said then yet hath been, before their principles can be shaken, or they should be unsetled in their practice /
by: Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647
Published: (1648)

A survey of the summe of church-discipline : wherein the way of the churches of New-England is warranted out of the word, and all exceptions of weight, which are made against it, answered : whereby also it will appear to the judicious reader that something more must be said then yet hath been, before their principles can be shaken, or they should be unsetled in their practice /
by: Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647

The confession of faith and church-covenant: solemnly made & entered into by the Church of Middleborough, December 26. 1694 : Together with their acknowledgments expressing their obligations by that covenant.
Published: (1722)

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. : [Three lines of quotations].

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. : [Three lines of Scripture texts].

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. : [Three lines of Scripture texts].

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. : [Three lines of Scripture texts].

A brief discourse proving independency, in church-government, destructive to the positive lawes of this kingdome, and inconsistent therewith. /
by: Derham, Robert
Published: (1646)

The articles of faith and practice, with the covenant, that is confessed by the Separate Churches of Christ in general in this land : Also a discourse, holding forth the great privileges of the Church of Jesus Christ, and the same privileges vindicated from the sacred Scriptures; and some points of practice in the Church of Christ, that are in great dispute between the learned and unlearned, fairly settled in a line of divine truth. /
by: Frothingham, Ebenezer, 1717?-1798

An husbandmans harrow to pull down the ridges of the presbyteriall government and to smooth, a little, the independent ... : containing divers new and unanswerable arguments ... /
by: Bradshaw, Ellis

The way of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches walking in brotherly equality, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another. : Measured and examined by the golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars /
by: Cotton, John, 1584-1652
Published: (1645)

An husbandmans harrow to pull down the ridges of the presbyteriall government and to smooth, a little, the independent ... : containing divers new and unanswerable arguments ... /
by: Bradshaw, Ellis
Published: (1649)

A vindication of the government of New-England churches : Drawn from antiquity; the light of nature; Holy Scripture; its noble nature; and from the dignity Divine Providence has put upon it. /
by: Wise, John, 1652-1725

The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines : in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline /
by: Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

Thirty important cases resolved with evidence of Scripture and reason /
by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

Propositions concerning the subject of baptism and consociation of churches : collected and confirmed out of the Word of God, by a synod of elders and messengers of the churches in Massachusetts-Colony in New-England. Assembled at Boston, according to appointment of the Honoured General Court, in the year 1662. : At a General Court held at Boston in New-England the 8th of October, 1662. The Court having read over this result of the Synod, judge meet to commend the same unto the consideration of all the churches and people of this jurisdiction; and for that end do order the printing thereof. By the Court. Edward Rawson. Secret'.

A letter of many ministers in old England requesting the judgement of their reverend brethren in New England concerning nine positions : written Anno Dom. 1637 : together with their answer thereunto returned, anno 1639 : and the reply made unto the said answer and sent over unto them, anno 1640 /
by: Ashe, Simeon, -1662

A letter of many ministers in old England requesting the judgement of their reverend brethren in New England concerning nine positions : written Anno Dom. 1637 : together with their answer thereunto returned, anno 1639 : and the reply made unto the said answer and sent over unto them, anno 1640 /
by: Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662
Published: (1643)

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. /
by: Mather, Richard, 1596-1669
Published: (1643)

The churches quarrel espoused, or, A reply in satyre, 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? : [Five lines of quotations].
by: Wise, John, 1652-1725