, 1729–1730 In “Miscellanies” no. 462, on “Church Order,” written in early 1730, Edwards writes that “none should be admitted to any church privilege, to have their children baptized, or to be looked upon as of the visible church of Christ, but those that come to the Lord’s Supper.” Towards this end, he continues, “all of the congregation should be pressed and urged to come.”1 This reflects the opposing tensions in New England Congregationalism’s polity,