26, J. Cotton, Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, pp. 50, 53. 27, Mass. Law of 1636; Conn. Col. Rec., i, 341. 28, Conn. Col. Rec., i, 525. 29, G. F. Ellis, Puritan Age in Massachusetts, p. 34. 30, Winthrop, i, 81. 31, Mass. Col. Rec., i, 142. 32, Winthrop, i, 287; H. M. Dexter, Ecclesiastical Councils of New England, p. 31. 33, J. A. Doyle, Puritan Colonies, ii, 70. CHAPTER IV. THE CAMBRIDGE PLATFORM AND THE HALF-WAY COVENANT. 34, C. Mather, Magnalia, ii, 277. 35, Horace Bushnell, in Discourse on Christian Nurture, p. 25. 36, Cotton Mather, Magnalia, ii, 179. 37, Results of Half-Way Covenant Convention, Prop. 4. See W. Walker, Creeds and Platforms, p. 296. 38, W. Walker, Creeds and Platforms, p. 295. See Question 7, of Results. 39, Conn. Col. Rec., i, 386, 426. 40, Conn. State Papers (Ecclesiastical), vol. i, Doc. 106. Quoted in the Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register, x, p. 116. 41, Beardsley, Hist, of the Church in Connecticut, i, 101; Perry, Hist, of Epis. Church in the United States, i, 283, 284. 42, Conn. Col. Rec., i, 437, 438. 43, G. L. Walker, Hist, of First Church in Hartford, p. 200. 44, Record of the United Colonies, i, 506. 45, G. L. Walker, Hist, of First Church in Hartford, p. 209. 46, L. Bacon, Coatr. to Eccl. Hist, of Connecticut, p. 29. 47, E. Stiles, Christian Union, p. 85; J. A. Doyle, Puritan Colonies, ii, 69; Conn. Col. Rec., i, 545; ii, 290 and 557. 48, Conn. Col. Rec., vii, 33; viii, 74. CHAPTER V. A PERIOD OF TRANSITION. 49, Thomas Prince, Christian History, i, 94. 50, Preface to Work of the Reforming Synod. 51, C. Mather, Magnalia, Book v, p. 40. 52, C. Mather, Ratio Discipline, p. 17. 53, C. M. Andrews, Three River Towns, p. 86. See also Bronson, Early Government, in New Haven Hist. Soc. Papers, iii, 315; Conn. Col. Rec., 290-293, 321, 354. 54, Conn. Col. Rec., v, 67. 55, L. Bacon, Contr. to Ecel. History, p. 33. 56, Conn. Col. Rec., v, 87. CHAPTER VI. THE SAYBROOK PLATFORM. 57, Saybrook Platform. 58, L. Bacon, Thirteen Historical Discourses, pp. 190, 191. 59, S. Stoddard, Instituted Churches, p. 29. 60, Trumbull, Hist, of Connecticut, i, 406; T. Clap, Hist, of Yale College, p. 30. 61, Trumbull, Hist, of Connecticut, i, 406. 62, L. Bacon, Thirteen Historical Discourses, p. 190. 63, H. M. Dexter, Congregationalism as seen in Literature, pp. 489, 490. 64, Conn. Col. Rec., v, 87. 65, Ibid., v, 50. 66, A. Johnston, Connecticut, p. 232. CHAPTER VII. THE SAYBROOK PLATFORM AND THE TOLERATION ACT. 67, John Bolles, A Relation of the Opposition some Baptist People met at Norwich in 1761. 68, Ibid., p. 7. 69, Quaker Laws. The New Haven Laws against Quakers deal thus fiercely:--