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A Relation of The Conference betweene William Lawd Then Lrd. Bishop of St. Davids; now Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury: and Mr. Fisher the Jesuite by the Command of King James. with an answer to such exceptions as A.C. takes against it
1639réf. 43326London: Printed by Richard Badger 1639. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Quarto 11 x 7 1/2". 24 388pp. Contemporary full calf with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. Title vignette. Decorative headpieces and initials. Scarce first edition of this account of the third conference between Father Perry Fisher a Jesuit and bishop William Laud on May 24 1622 before the lord marquess Buckingham and the countess his mother. The conference was a direct result of the Laud-"Fisher" Father Percy controversies on the Infallibility of the Church. Laud was prompted by his desire to escape from the restrictions of Calvinistic dogmatism to take up a wider and nobler position. In what he himself believed he was as arbitrary as any Calvinist; but the only way out of Calvinistic influence was by adopting a position of greater width. He argued that not all points defined by the Church are fundamental; limited as far as possible the domain and extent of soul-saving faith; and urged that the foundations of the faith are the Scriptures and the Creeds. In case of any doubt about the meaning of the Articles or superstructures upon them - "which are doctrines about the faith not the faith itself unless when they be immediate consequences" - then both in and of these a lawful and free General Council determining according to Scripture is the best judge on earth. Binding darkened and rubbed along edges. Rebacked but retaining most of the original spine. Closed tears along joints. Previous owners' names at upper margin of front free endpaper. Pages somewhat rippled throughout. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Contemporary marginalia at lower margin of page 308 not affecting lettering. Binding in overall fair interior in good to very good condition. About the author: William Laud 1573-1645 was educated at the borough school of Reading and St John's College Oxford where he matriculated 17 October 1589 Fellow 1593 B.A. 1594 M.A. 1598 and D.D. in 1608. He was ordained deacon in 1601 and priest later on that same year. He rose rapidly in the Church becoming Dean of Gloucester in 1616 and Bishop of St David's in 1621. Under Charles I he became very powerful and was translated to the see of London in 1621 and to the Primacy in 1633. In 1641 he was impeached for high treason tried in 1644 and executed the following year. He bequeathed to the Bodleian Library all his Greek manuscripts not otherwise disposed of all his oriental manuscripts and all such Hebrew printed books as were not already in the library. His whole library numbering some 8000 volumes was delivered to the Bodleian Library by his executors in 1659. Printed by Richard Badger hardcover
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