The first principles of New-England concerning the subject of baptisme & communion of churches : collected partly out of the printed books, but chiefly out of the original manuscripts of the first and chiefe fathers in the New-English churches : with the judgment of sundry learned divines of the congregational way in England, concerning the said questions : published for the benefit of those who are of the rising generation in New-England / by Increase Mather ...

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The first principles of New-England concerning the subject of baptisme & communion of churches : collected partly out of the printed books, but chiefly out of the original manuscripts of the first and chiefe fathers in the New-English churches : with the judgment of sundry learned divines of the congregational way in England, concerning the said questions : published for the benefit of those who are of the rising generation in New-England / by Increase Mather ...
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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
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Cambridge [Mass.] :: Printed by Samuel Green,
1675.
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Baptism -- Early works to 1800.
Covenants.
Congregational churches -- Massachusetts.
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THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF NEW-ENGLAND, Concerning The Subject of Baptisme & Communion of Churches.

Collected partly out of the Printed Books, but chiefly out of the Original Manuscripts of the First and chiefe Fathers in the New-English Churches; With the Judg∣ment of Sundry Learned Divines of the Congregational Way in England, Concerning the said Questions.

Published for the Benefit of those who are of the Rising Gene∣ration in New England.

By INCREASE MATHER, Teacher of a Church in Boston in New-England

Deut. 32.7. Remember the dayes of old,—Aske thy Father and he will shew thee, thy Elders & they will tell thee.
Psal. 102.18. This shall be written for the Generation to come.
Nihil mihi Authoritatis assumo, sed quae ab alijs dispersa velut in ordinem Epitomata, Conscribo. Veget. L. 1. C. 8.

CAMBRIDGE Printed by Samuel Green, 1671.

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