. A defence of The reformed Catholicke of M. W. Perkins, lately deceased, against the bastard Counter-Catholicke of D. Bishop, seminary priest : the first part, for answer to his calumniations generally framed against the same, and against the whole religion and state of our church .... To The ChristianReader. Et it be no offence vnto thee^\good christian Reader , thu)for the prefent I giue thee m^ anfxver to a Dedicatorj EpislleI injiexd of an anfwer to a whole^ booke. It vp^ now in lanuarie^ lajl afullyeerefince Doctor Bi-(l)ops booke Wiufent vnto me bythe molt reuerend Father in God the L.


. A defence of The reformed Catholicke of M. W. Perkins, lately deceased, against the bastard Counter-Catholicke of D. Bishop, seminary priest : the first part, for answer to his calumniations generally framed against the same, and against the whole religion and state of our church .... To The ChristianReader. Et it be no offence vnto thee^\good christian Reader , thu)for the prefent I giue thee m^ anfxver to a Dedicatorj EpislleI injiexd of an anfwer to a whole^ booke. It vp^ now in lanuarie^ lajl afullyeerefince Doctor Bi-(l)ops booke Wiufent vnto me bythe molt reuerend Father in God the L. i^rchbifhopofCanturbtiriehis Grace, my very good Lord, withdirection to vfe the best expedition that I could forthe anfwer of it. It found me at that time vnder theSurgeans hands for agrieuom infirmitie in mine eies-,by meanes whereof for Jome good (face, and indeedlonger than I expe^ed, I was hmdred from able-nejfe to intend in any conuenient fort to anyfuch im^port ant worke. But taking thefooneft and be ft oppor^t unity that I could ^ after that I had gone ouer fomegood part of the booke, to furnip^myfelfe with fuchmatter a^flwuldferuefor confutation of it \ at lengthtbout the beginning of lull e being defimfs to bring ^ i fomewhat To the Cliiiilian Reader. fimewhat to efftci


Size: 1545px × 1617px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., booka, bookdecade1600, bookiddefenceofreforme01abbo, bookyear1606