New England's lamentations under three heads, the decay of the power of godliness; the danger of Arminian principles; the declining state of our church-order, government and discipline. : With the means of these declensions, and the methods of our recovery. / By the Reverend Mr. John White, M.A. And Pastor of the First Church in Glocester. ; To which are added, reasons for adhering to our platform, and answers to some objections against ruling elders, by another hand. ; As also, a vindication of the divine authority of ruling elders, by a provincial assembly of Presbyterian ministers at London, in 1649.