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Religio laici, or, A lay-mans faith : touching the supream head and infallible guide of the Church : in two letters to a friend in the country / by J.R., a convert of Mr. Bays's. Licensed June the 1st. 1688.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- J. R. (Convert of Mr. Bays's)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Hind and the panther.
- Dryden, John.
- Catholic Church--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church--Infallibility--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain--Church history--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- Church history.
- Genre:
- Controversial literature.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 28 pages ; 20 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Religio laici
- Lay-mans faith
- Fingerprint:
- ha'd m;at a-ch Gote (7) 1688 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for John Newton, at three Pigeons over against the Inner-Tempe Gate in Fleet-street, 1688.
- Notes:
- Title within double ruled border.
- Error in pagination: p. 12, 13 misnumbered 10, 11.
- Mr. Bays is a pseudonym used by John Dryden.
- The first letter criticizes John Dryden's pro-Catholic poem, The hind and the panther (1687), using quotations from Dryden's pro-Anglican poem, Religio laici (1682).
- Signatures: [A]² B-D⁴ E².
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy closely cropped at head with partial loss of page numbers.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.), R30
- ESTC, R16164
- OCLC:
- 13141504
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