Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Notes on contributors ix
6. List of abbreviations xi
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. 2 ‘From the Apostles’ time’ 17
9. 3 Peers, pastors and the particular church 38
10. 4 ‘One of the least things in religion’ 60
11. 5 Polity, discipline and theology 80
12. 6 Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly 104
13. 7 ‘They agree not in opinion among themselves’ 130
14. 8 The New England way reconsidered 155
15. 9 The association movement and the politics of church settlement during the interregnum 174
16. 10 Polity and peacemaking 200
17. 11 ‘Promote, protect, prosecute’ 222
18. 12 The Restoration episcopate and the interregnum 242
19. Index 260