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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
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]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the Beginning of the Year the GOVERNOR with the Advice of the Council, (& sometimes also at the Motion of the Representatives) publishes a Proclamation directing such a Day, as he with them thinks fit, for Solemn Humiliations, with Prayer and Fasting, to obtain a Blessing on the Affairs of the Year ensuing.
In the Beginning of the Year the GOVERNOUR with the Advice of the Council, (& sometimes also at the Motion of the Representatives) publishes a Proclamation directing such a Day, as he with them thinks fit, for Solemn Humiliations, with Prayer and Fasting, to obtain a Blessing on the Affairs of the Year ensuing.
In the Conclusion, the GOVERNOR, upon the Advice and Motion aforesaid, publishes a Proclamation, specifying a Day for Solemn Thanksgivings, on the Account of Mercies received in the foregoing Year.
In the Conclusion, the GOVERNOUR, upon the Advice and Motion aforesaid, publishes a Proclamation, specifying a Day for Solemn Thanksgivings, on the Account of Mercies received in the foregoing Year.
The Ministers read these Proclamations in their Congregations, on some LORD's DAY before the Days thus called for; and often with agreeable Speeches prepare their People for the Duties of them.