An historicall vindication of the government of the Church of Scotland, from the manifold base calumnies which the most malignant of the prelats did invent of old, and now lately have been published with great industry in two pamphlets at London. The one intituled Issachars burden, &c. written and published at Oxford by John Maxwell, a Scottish prelate, excommunicate by the Church of Scotland, and declared an unpardonable incendiary by the parliaments of both kingdoms. The other falsly intituled A declaration made by King James in Scotland, concerning church-government and presbyteries; but indeed written by Patrick Adamson, pretended Archbishop of St. Andrews, contrary to his own conscience, as himselfe on his death-bed did confesse and subscribe before many witneses in a write hereunto annexed. By Robert Baylie minister at Glasgow. Published according to order.

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  • An historicall vindication of the government of the Church of Scotland, from the manifold base calumnies which the most malignant of the prelats did invent of old, and now lately have been published with great industry in two pamphlets at London. The one intituled Issachars burden, &c. written and published at Oxford by John Maxwell, a Scottish prelate, excommunicate by the Church of Scotland, and declared an unpardonable incendiary by the parliaments of both kingdoms. The other falsly intituled A declaration made by King James in Scotland, concerning church-government and presbyteries; but indeed written by Patrick Adamson, pretended Archbishop of St. Andrews, contrary to his own conscience, as himselfe on his death-bed did confesse and subscribe before many witneses in a write hereunto annexed. By Robert Baylie minister at Glasgow. Published according to order.
  • Answer to the declaration
  • Recantation of Maister Patrik Adamsone, sometime archbishop of Saint-Androwes in Scotlande.
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed for Samuel Gellibrand at the Brasen-Serpent in Pauls-Churchyard, 1646.
Added name
Adamson, Patrick, 1537-1592. Recantation of Maister Patrik Adamsone, sometime archbishop of Saint-Androwes in Scotlande. Welch, John, 1568?-1622.
Publication year
1646
ESTC No.
R201008
Grub Street ID
78474
Description
[16], 79, [1]; 56 p. ; 4⁰
Note
A reply to "The burthen of Issachar", which is an edition of John Maxwell's "An answer by letter to a worthy gentleman who desired of a divine some reasons by which it might appeare how inconsistent presbyteriall government is with monarchy"; and to "A declaratioun of the Kings Majesties intentioun and meaning toward the lait actis of Parliament" by Patrick Adamson.

In two parts, each with separate pagination and register. Part 2 has caption title: An answer to the declaration.

Part 2 includes "The recantation of Maister Patrik Adamsone, sometime archbishop of Saint-Androwes in Scotlande" by Patrick Adamson (p. 37-44); and "Two pious and propheticall letters" by John Welch (p. 45-56).

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug: 1st".
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