Whitby Daniel 1638 (3 results)

Hardcover (Full Leather). Condition: Poor Condition. No Dust Jacket. First American. Leather quite worn, covers detached, back strip and edges chipped. Paper quite age toned, heavily foxed and some damage to early page edges. Not brittle, but stitching weak. Residue of a book plate removed from inside front cover. American Imprints #1652. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 412 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Religion & Theology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.…

Hardcover. natural religion among Jews and heathens. [4], 335 p.; 19.5 cm. Upper margin of pages showing damage from damp. Fair black cloth. Pages toned and foxed (257-32 on better paper).

Softcover. [13], 5-118 p.; 20 cm. (Wing W1739) Front-matter irregular but agreeing with the McAlpin copy. Arguing, apparently, against John Gother's A papist misrepresented and represented (1687): `1. It evidently follows that a Dumb Priest may well officiate, and a deaf man may join with him in the celebration of the Romish Mass, and that there is little need of tongue to speak, or ear to hear this great and solemne part of publick worship in the Church of Rome, for if it be not the business of the congregation to employ their ears in attending to the words, if the words do not belong to them, they may as well attend upon this service who cannot hear one word as they that can. And seeing the Dumb Priest could elevate the Host, and shew the Crucifix, and lay the Consecrated wafer on the Table, and do all the outward signs, which tend to raise the affections of the people by contemplation of what they see, I know not why he may not officiate as well as he who hath the loudest voice among those people to whom the words belong not, and who are not concerned to attend to any of the words pronounced, but are instructed, according to this Authour, not to understand the words.' (p. 98) -- `But St. Paul in opposition to these things saith v. 5. that the Church cannot be edified by him who speaks with tongues, unless he doth interpret.' (p. 100) Good in edgeworn hand-lettered golden card wrapper.…