Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…

Name: Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Author: Cotton Mather

Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726

[2], iv, 10, 207, [5] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo) · 57k words · Evans 2775

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We Proceed unto the Methods and Customs, IN THE CHURCHES OF New-Eng… › Article 9: ARTICLE IX. Of COUNCILS upon Emergencies.

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[ Earlier:475–490 of 557

:475p. 177

[The Governor of the Province, and such Counsellors as dwell in the City of Boston, together with the Representatives of the Town, & the Speaker of their House; are invited also to dine with the Ministers, at the Table, which the Deacons of the united Churches in Boston provide for them, the Day after the Election: Some small Resemblance of what is called, The Feast of Moses and Aaron, in the Netherlands.]

[The Governour of the Province, and such Counsellors as dwell in the City of Boston, together with the Representatives of the Town, & the Speaker of their House; are invited also to dine with the Ministers, at the Table, which the Deacons of the united Churches in Boston provide for them, the Day after the Election: Some small Resemblance of what is called, The Feast of Moses and Aaron, in the Netherlands.]

:476p. 177

To Exemplify one Result of this Convention, may not only Explain the Custom then used, but also Suggest some things worthy of a Perpetual and an Extensive Consideration.

:477p. 178–179

Boston, 1. d. IV. m. 1704. To Serve the Great Intentions of Religion, which is lamentably decaying in the Country: It is proposed, I. That the Pastors of the Churches do personally Discourse with the Young People in their Flocks, and with all possible Prudence and Goodness endeavour to win their Consent unto the Covenant of Grace, in all the Glorious Articles of it. II. That unto this Purpose, the Pastors do take up that Laborious, but engaging Practice, of making their Personal Visits unto all the Families that belong unto their Congregations. III. That the Pastors in this Way of Proceeding, bring on their People as far as they can, publicly, and solemnly to Recognize the Covenant of GOD, and come into such a Degree of the Church-State, as they shall be willing to take their Station in: But not to leave off, till they shall be qualified for, and persuaded to, Communion with the Church in all special Ordinances. IV. That for such as have submitted unto the Government of CHRIST in any of His Churches, no Pastors of any other Churches, any way go to shelter them under their Wing, from the Discipline of those, from whom they have not been fairly recommended. V. That they who have not actually Recognized their Subjection to the Discipline of CHRIST it. His Church, yet should, either

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