BIB_ID
80134
Accession number
MA 226
Creator
Laud, William, 1573-1645.
Display Date
ca. 1611.
Description
1 item (84 p.) ; 20.9 cm
Notes
With frequent scriptural chapter and verse citations in margins and with some gold initials.
Provenance
Bound with the arms of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, and probably owned by him; with a inscription dated 1705 by Robert Woodforde, Canon of Wells, and possibly owned by him.
Summary
A treatise on church government, refuting the heresies of Beza and Calvin. In six books: (1) The first five ages of the world, with the "memorable things therein conteyned;" (2) "Of Ciuill authoritie before the Incarnation of Christ;" (3) "Of Ecclesiasticall authoritie before ye Incarnation of Christ;" (4) "Of Ciuill and Ecclesiasticll authoritie after ye Incarnation of Christ; & before his passion;" (5) "Of Ecclesiasticall authoritie by diuine institution after the resurrection & ascension of Christ;" (6) "The Apostolicall authoritie giuen to the Apostles for ye gouer[n]m[en]t of ye Church dyed not w[i]th them, but was communicated by them [...] to be continued afterwardes for euer in other Bps."
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