The due right of presbyteries or, A peaceable plea for the government of the Church of Scotland, : wherein is examined 1. The way of the Church of Christ in New England, in brotherly equality, and independency, or coordination, without subjection of one church to another. 2. Their apology for the said government, their answers to thirty and two questions are considered. 3. A treatise for a church covenant is discussed. 4. The arguments of Mr. Robinson in his justification of separation are discovered. 5. His treatise, called, The peoples plea for the exercise of prophecy, is tryed. 6. Diverse late arguments against presbyteriall government, and the power of synods are discussed, the power of the prince in matters ecclesiastical modestly considered, & divers incident controversies resolved. /
Rutherford, Samuel,1600?-1661.
Thackhar, Thomas,active 17th century,former owner.StEdNL
London : Printed by E. Griffin, for Richard Whittaker, and Andrew Crook and are to be sold at their shops in Pauls Church-Yard,
1644.
The words "1. The way of the Church of Christ ... controversies resolved." are bracketed together on title page; "wherein is examined" is printed vertically preceding the bracket.
Text is continuous despite pagination.
Variant: "peacable" instead of "peaceable" and a comma after "plea" in title.
Reproductions of the originals in the Yale University Library (Early English books reel 41) and the British Library (Early English books reel 236 and Thomason Tracts).
Wing (2nd ed.)
Thomason
ESTC
Microfilm.
There is an inscription on the titlepage "Liber Tho: Thackhar ex dono soceri Dni Ellis" in a seventeenth century hand. There is also the manuscript signature "Rutherford" and an ink drawing on the fore-edge of the textblock.
Church of Scotland
Church polity
Presbyterianism
Congregational churches