Diotrephes catechised: or Sixteen important questions. touching the ecclesiastical jurisdiction and censures (contradistinct to civill) now eagerly pretended to and challenged by a divine right, by some over-rigid Presbyterians, and Independents. Propounded to both these dissenting parties, for the further discovery of truth; the preservation of the civill Christian magistrates interest, and speedier comprimising [sic] of our present unhappy controversies touching church-government: on which many now so over-dote, ... to repute all our former reformation, ... and the exercise of their ministry, ... in case they cannot obtain their demands of such an exorbitant power, by Divine jnstitution [sic], which Christ and his Apostles never claimed, exercised, nor themselves, nor predecessors, ever formerly enioyed, petitioned for, or pretended to in any age, but this. Proposed; published by W. Prynne a well-wisher to verity and unity.
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1646
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3259242
Summary
Bibliographic description
The second edition with some enlargements.. 16 p. ;. 4to. Running number: 1362. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on upper pastedown of 'Wh: Kennett. D.D. Decan. Petrib.' [i.e. White Kennett (1660-1728), Bishop of Peterborough] (Franks 17000). Library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript initial on front endleaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys]. Binding: Late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century full calf over boards with double blind fillet border and additional blind patterned rule adjacent to spine; gilt roll pattern on board edges; four raised bands, gilt tooled spine with gilt title on goatskin label; endbands (loose); pastedown and endleaves; red sprinkled edges. Cropped with some loss to running titles and pagination.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669)