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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.Ezek. XLIII. 11.Show them the Form of the House, and the Fashion thereof, and the Goings out thereof, and the Comings in thereof, and all the Forms thereof, and all the Ordinances thereof; — And write all in their Sight, that they may keep the whole Form thereof, and all the Ordinances, thereof, and do them.BOSTON: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill. 1726.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.Ezek. XLIII. 11.Shew them the Form of the House, and the Fashion thereof, and the Goings out thereof, and the Comings in thereof, and all the Forms thereof, and all the Ordinances thereof; — And write all in their Sight, that they may keep the whole Form thereof, and all the Ordinances, thereof, and do them.BOSTON: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill. 1726.Title page, as transcribed: 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. — Ezek. XLIII. 11. Show them the Form of the House, and the Fashion thereof, and the Goings out thereof, and the Comings in thereof, and all the Forms thereof, and all the Ordinances thereof; — And write all in their Sight, that they may keep the whole Form thereof, and all the Ordinances, thereof, and do them. — BOSTON: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill. 1726.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. — Ezek. XLIII. 11. Shew them the Form of the House, and the Fashion thereof, and the Goings out thereof, and the Comings in thereof, and all the Forms thereof, and all the Ordinances thereof; — And write all in their Sight, that they may keep the whole Form thereof, and all the Ordinances, thereof, and do them. — BOSTON: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill. 1726.

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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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726

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

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Cotton Mather, Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in… (Boston:, 1726). Evans-TCP N02341.

Contents 17

Title page3
AN ATTESTATION, From the very Reverend Dr. Increase Mather.pp. i–iv12
IntroductionTHE Introduction.pp. 1–1027
We Proceed unto the Methods and Customs, IN THE CHURCHES OF New-Eng…We Proceed unto the Methods and Customs, IN THE CHURCHES OF New-England.pp. 1–207506
Article 1ARTICLE I. The Gathering of a CHURCH.pp. 1–1433
Article 2ARTICLE II. The Ordaining of a PASTOR.pp. 14–4268
Article 3ARTICLE III. The Usual Services which every Lord's Day calleth for.pp. 42–6847
Article 4ARTICLE IV. The Administration of the Sacred Baptism.pp. 68–8027
Article 5ARTICLE V. The Administration of the Holy Supper.pp. 80–10250

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Article 6ARTICLE VI. The Pastoral Care Exercised in the more PRIVATE SERVICES of it.pp. 103–12162

Article 7ARTICLE VII. The other Ecclesiastical OFFICERS for the Assistance of the PASTORS.ARTICLE VII. The other Ecclesiastical OFFICERS for the Assistence of the PASTORS.pp. 121–13324

Article 8ARTICLE VIII. The DISCIPLINE with which the Churches are kept in their Faith and Order.pp. 136–15758

Article 9ARTICLE IX. Of COUNCILS upon Emergencies.pp. 158–18590

Article 10ARTICLE X. Special CUSTOMS.pp. 186–20746

PostscriptPOSTSCRIPT.3

ErrataErratulella Typographica.2

ContentsA Table of the Contents.4

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Title as printed: 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]
Author: Cotton Mather 1663–1728
Place: Boston
Bookseller: S. Gerrish
Year: 1726
Imprint: Boston: : Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill., 1726.
Size: [2], iv, 10, 207, [5] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Words: 56,514
Catalogue: Evans 2775
Text: Evans-TCP N02341
Notes: Postscript, a statement of authorship, p. [208], signed: Cotton Mather.
Attestation signed: Increase Mather, Boston ... 1719.
Errata statement, p. [208].
Licence: CC0 1.0 (TCP transcription); underlying work in the public domain

Transcription: Evans-TCP N02341