The notes of the Church, as laid down by Cardinal Bellarmin; examined and confuted. With a table of the contents. Imprimatur, Apr. 6. 1687. Guil. Needham

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  • The notes of the Church, as laid down by Cardinal Bellarmin; examined and confuted. With a table of the contents. Imprimatur, Apr. 6. 1687. Guil. Needham
  • Brief discourse concerning the notes of the church· With some reflections on Cardinal Bellarmin's notes
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Imprint
London: printed for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]
Added name
Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. Vindication of the brief discourse concerning the notes of the church.; Tullie, George, 1652?-1695. Defence of the confuter of Bellarmin's second note of the church.
Publication year
1688
ESTC No.
R32229
Grub Street ID
114966
Description
[4], 399, [1]; [2], 69, [1]; [2], 22, [32] p. ; 4°.
Note
The chapters are by William Sherlock and 15 other divines of the Church of England

Some copies may contain errata slip

Each "note" or chapter begins with a caption title, imprimatur and ends with colophon "printed by J.D. for Richard Chiswell ... 1687.". Most chapters include errata above colophon

"A brief discourse concerning the notes of the Church· With some reflections on Cardinal Bellarmin's notes" has separate dated title page, pagination and register. In this reprint of Wing S3266, A2r is incorrectly numbered p. 1; p. 4, line 1 ends: 'Tho'

"A vindication of the Brief discourse concerning the notes of the church" has separate title page, dated 1687, pagination and register. A reissue of Wing S3374

"A defence of the donfuter of Bellarmin's second not eof the church, antiquity, against the cavils of the adviser.' has separate title page, dated 1687, pagination and register. A reissue of Wing T3236

Imprimatur for chapters 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11-15 are signed by Guil. Needham and are dated Apr. 8, 30, 27, May 19, 26, June 28, July 8, 18, 27, Aug 12 1687, respectively; imprimatur for chapters 2, 5, 9-10 are signed by Jo. Battely and are dated Apr. 5, May 9, June 8, 22 1687, respectively; imprimatur for chapter 8 is signed by Hen. Maurice and dated June 4 1687

Final leaves bear detailed contents and advertisements

Signatures: pi]2] A-L]4] M]2] N-O]4] P]2] Q-Y]4] Z]2] 2A-2D]4] 2E]2] 2F-2O]4] 2P]2] 2Q-3F]4] 3G]2; ]2A-I]4; ]3A-C]4; ]4A-D]4

Title page and detailed contents identified as Wing B1823 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 1164

"The fourth note of the church examined" is identified as Wing F1705 on UMI "Early English books, 1641-1700", microfilm reel 692.
Uncontrolled note
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE edp cf. record R236454: Folger copy lacks errata slip for copy matched to this record; the errata slip contained in the copy matched to R236454 represents errata that have been corrected in the copy matched to this record, hence rendering that errata slip irrelevant to this copy; please confirm that the errata slip of this record is different than the errata slip in R236454 (if they are the same, then the note needs to be deleted from this record); press figures (cf. DFONOTE in R236454: asterisk on A3v, A4v, B1r, B2r, C1r, C2r, 2S2r, 2T1r, 2U1r, 2X2r, 3C2r, 3D3r, 3D1r, 3D2r, 3E2r, 3F2r, ?A2r, ?A3r, ?B2r, ?C1r, ?D1r, ?E2r, ?C1v; [dagger] on D4v, 2Y3v, 2Z4v, 3A4v, 3B3v, 3C4v, 3E4v, 3F4v, ?B4v, ?C1v, ?D4v, ?E4v, ?D1r [NB: these press figures are for the reprint of S3266; cf. press figures in R236454]; should penultimate 509 about S3266 misnumbering be a 500 note? and should the reverse of this note be placed in R236454 (i.e. the fa