A series of propositions affirmed by a Congregational synod which met at Saybrook, Conn., Sept. 9, 1708: substantially the same as those set forth in 1648, and called the Cambridge platform. Hence came the practice of giving the “right hand of fellowship,” on behalf of the people, at congregational ordinations: Peters, ‘Hist. of Conn.,’ pp. 143, 314 (Lond., 1781).
1863. On the 9th Sept., 1708, the first Synod of Connecticut met at Saybrook, and adopted the celebrated “Saybrook Platform,” laying its planks so well, that, though burdens have been laid on it, and missiles hurled at it, still it stands.—Yale Lit. Mag., xxix. 112 (Dec.): paper on ‘Old Saybrook.’
