A vindication of the divine authority of ruling elders in the churches of Christ : asserted [by] the ministers & elders met together in a provincial assembly November [-]4, 1649, and printed in London, 1650 ... : whereunto is added an answer to the question, Whether are [sic] not the brethren, [and?] not the elders of the church only be judge concerning the qualifications, and fitness, of those who are admitted into their communion, by the Reverend Mr. Increase Mather in his book entituled, The order of the Gospel, printed in the year 1700 ... ; reprinted for publick good.