A collection of cases and other discourses lately written to recover dissenters to the communion of the Church of England. By some divines of the city of London. In two volumes. To each volume is prefix'd a catalogue of all the cases and discourses contain'd in this collection

People / Organizations

• Thomas Basset ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for T. Basset at the George in Fleet-street, and B. Tooke at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1685.

Publication year

1685

ESTC No.

R12519

Grub Street ID

60689

Description

2 v. ([4]; [2], 43, [1]; [2], 50, [2]; [2], 58, [2]; [8], 75, [1]; [2], 41, [1]; [2], 49, [1]; [2], 57, [1]; [4], 59, [1]; [2], 99, [1]; [2], 38; [2], 60, [2]; [4], 46, [4]; [4]; [4], 56; [2] 59, 50-51, [1]; [2], 45, [1]; [2], 54; [2], 52, [2]; [2], 94; [2], 38, [2]; [2], 33, [3]; [2], 60, [2]; [2], 40, [2]; [2], 28, [2]; [2], 32; [4], 43, [1]; [4], 44 p.) ; 4°.

Note

Vol. 1 includes the following: "A perswasive to communion with the Church of England" by Robert Grove (Wing G2153A); "A resolution of some cases of conscience which respect church-communion" by William Sherlock (Wing S3337); "A letter to Anonymus, in answer to his Three letters to Dr. Sherlock about church-communion" by William Sherlock (Wing S3300); "The case of lay-communion with the Church of England considered" by John Williams (Wing W2692); "The case of mixt communion" by Samuel Freeman (F2139);; Vol. 1 cont: "The case of indifferent things used in the worship of God" by John Williams (Wing W2690); "A vindication of The case of indifferent things,used in the worship of God" by John Williams (Wing W2740); "A discourseconcerning conscience" (Part 1) by John Sharp (Wing S2971); A discourseconcerning conscience" (Part 2) by John Sharp (Wing S2973); "A discourse about a scrupulous conscience" by Benjamin Calamy (Wing C213); "Some considerations about the case of scandal" by Benjamin Calamy (Wing C224);"The charge of scandal and giving offence by conformity" by Henr Hesketh

Vol. 2 includes the following: "Certain cases of conscience resolved, concerning the lawfulness of joyning with forms of prayer in publick worship" (Part 1) by John Scott (Wing S2040); "Certain cases of conscience resolved, concerning the lawfulness of joyning with forms of prayer in publick worship" (Part 2) by John Scott (Wing S2042); "An answer to the dissenters objections against the common prayers, and some other parts of divine-service prescribed in the liturgie of the Church of England" by William Clagett (Wing C4374); "The resolution of this case of conscience" by Edward Fowler (Wing F1714); "A defence of The resolution of this case" by Edward Fowler (Wing F1697); "The case of infant-baptism" by George Hickes (Wing H1844);; Vol. 2 cont: "The case of the cross in baptism considered" by Nathanael Resbury; "A persuasive to frequent communion in the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper" by John Tillotson (Wing T1207); "The case of kneeling at the Holy Sacrament stated and resolved" by John Evans (Wing E3446); "The case of kneeling at the Holy Sacrament stated and resolved" by John Evans (Wing E3449); "A discourse about edification" by Gregory Hascard (Wing H1109); "A discourse of profiting by sermons, and of going to hear, where men think they can profit most" by Simon Patrick (Wing P791); "An argument for union" by Thomas Tenison (Wing T688); "A serious exhortation, with some important advices, relating to the late cases about conformity" by William Cave (Wing C1604)

Contents given for the copy in the Bristol Pulbic Library. The contents of the Henry E. Huntington Library copy differs in the following respects: vol. 1 item 1 is Wing G2153 instead of Wing G2153A; vol. 1 item 2 is Wing S3338 instead of Wing S3337; vol. 1 item 11 is Wing C22 instead of Wing C224; vol. 2 item 2 is Wing S2041 instead of Wing S2042; vol. 2 item 5 is Wing F1697A instead of Wing F1697; vol 2 item 8 is Wing T1208 instead of Wing T1207; vol. 2 item 10 is Wing E3448 instead of Wing E3449; vol. 2 item 14 is Wing C1603 instead of Wing C1604. Pagination is the same in vol. 1. except for item 11 where Wing C224 in Bristol library copy has 60 pages plus a final advertisement leaf, while its counterpart, Wing C225 in Huntington Library copy, has 50 pages and no advertisement leaf

Contents cont: In vol. 2 pagination for item 2 in CSmH copy (Wing S2041) has been corrected to 61 from 59, 50-51 in the BRp copy (Wing S2042); the pagination for item 5 in CSmH copy (Wing F1697A, the counterpart of Wing F1697 in Bristol Library copy) is: [2], 15, 21-22, 18-19 16-17, 22-41, [1].Item 7 (Wing R1126) in the Huntington Library copy has 2 final leaves ([G]1-2, bound in reverse order) with errata on recto of [G]1 and "Books printed for Fincham Gardiner" on verso; the advertisment continues on [G]2. The pagination for item 10 in CSmH copy (Wing E3448, the counterpartof Wing E3449 in Bristol Library copy) is: [4], 55, [1]

The following items from the Huntington Library copy of Wing C5114 and C5115 have been filmed as if they were separate copies: Wing G2153 appears at reel 714; Wing S3338 appears at reel 898; Wing W2692 appears at reel 951; Wing W2690 appears at reel 1109; Wing S2740 appears a reel 338; Wing S2971 appears at reel 779; Wing C213 appears at reel 840; Wing H1608 appears at reel 357; Wing S2041 appears at reel 578; Wing C4374 appears at reel 811; Wing F1714 appears at reel 659; Wing F1697A appears at reel 1670; Wing H1844 appears at reel 669; Wing T1208 appears at reel 729; Wing P791 appears at reel 872.

Uncontrolled note

There is a blank leaf in vol. I between S3337 and S3300 in the microfilm of BRp copy. If genuine, is it H2 of S3337 or A1 of S3300? - BRp has extra leaf of advertising bound at end of vol. 1 with text on verso containing 13 items printed for Fincham Gardiner. This leaf not found in CSmH copy