Machine generated contents note: 1.Prelude to a debate -- 2.George Gillespie and the congregational alliance -- 3.The `builders' of the new Church of England -- 4.The Apologeticall Narration: international politics and the real `Grand Debate' -- 5.Transatlantic confusion -- 6.John Cotton and the `Best Reformed Churches' -- 7.Presbyterian coalitions -- 8.The rise of the Dissenting Brethren.