An Answer of the Elders of the Severall Churches in New-England unto Nine Positions

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Lot 10 | An Answer of the Elders of the Severall Churches in New-England unto Nine Positions
An Answer of the Elders of the Severall Churches in New-England unto Nine PositionsJohn Davenport, 1643[DAVENPORT, John (1597-1670)]. An Answer of the Elders of the Severall Churches in New-England unto Nine Positions. London: printed by T.P. and M.S. for Benjamin Allen, 1643. JCB-Ternaux-Compans copy of the first edition of an essential text related to the development of Congregationalism in New England. Printed as part of Richard Mather's Church-Government and Church-Covenant Discussed with its own title page, this work by Puritan minister John Davenport was a product of the period of intellectual exchange with English Presbyterians which ultimately led to the formation of the Cambridge Platform. This excerpt from Mather's larger work was likely one of the first books sold by Henry Stevens to John Carter Brown. JCB II:307; Sabin 46776 (entire work). Quarto (183 x 132mm). 15 leaves. Title in ornamental border (some dampstaining, final leaf a little soiled). 19th-century cloth-backed boards with gilt stamp of Ternaux-Compans (spine a little worn). Provenance: British Museum (duplicate sale stamp dated 1787) – Henri Ternaux-Compans (1807-1864; binding, sold via Henry Stevens [and possibly Obadiah Rich?] to:) – John Carter Brown (1797-1874; bookplate, bequeathed to:) – John Carter Brown Library (release stamp).
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