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The ancient bishops consider'd : both with respect to the extent of their jurisdiction and nature of their power : in answer to Mr. Chillingworth and others : wherein the conformity of the government and discipline of the Church of Scotland, with that of the ancient church, is fully manifested ... / by Alexander Lauder ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lauder, Alexander, 1668-1719.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of Scotland--Apologetic works.
- Church of Scotland.
- Episcopacy--Early works to 1800.
- Episcopacy.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Genre:
- Apologetic writings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate)
- Crochat, John (autograph)
- Primerose, Charles (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- xxvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 387 pages, 5 unnumbered pages (pages [392] blank) ; 17 cm (8vo)
- Fingerprint:
- sth, h.ly s.or bati (3) 1707 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Printed by James VVatson ..., 1707.
- Notes:
- Signatures: a-c⁴ d² A-2Z⁴ A-3C⁴.
- Leaf d2 is blank.
- Errata on 3C3v and 3C4r.
- "The bishops in Cyprian's time had neither absolute power, nor a negative voice in their churches" (p. 109-387) is a reply to John Sage's Principles of the Cyprianic age with regard to episcopal power and jurisdiction.
- Local Notes:
- Lea Library copy: boards detached; spine wanting; black leather spine label with title tooled in gold laid in.
- Lea Library copy has the bookplate of Henry Charles Lea on front pastedown and his autograph (1868) on front free endpaper.
- Lea Library copy has the autographs of "Cha: Primerose" (struck through) and John Crochat.
- Lea Library copy has the label of bookseller (John Pennington & Son) on front pastedown.
- Lea Library copy has a few ms. marginal notes and marginalia; ms. inscription dated 1707 on title leaf verso.
- OCLC:
- 22736839
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