A short vievv of the prælaticall Church of England
Subtitle: vvherein is set forth the horrible abuses in discipline and government : layd open in ten sections by way of quære and petition to the high and honourable court of Parliament : the severall heads whereof are set downe in the next two pages : newly corrected with additions : together with a short draught of church-government
Series: Early English books online; Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 260:E.206, no. 2; Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 260:E.206, no. 3
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1641
Place of publication: [s.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Discipline; Early works to 1800; Government; Episcopacy; Church of England
Other titles: Short view of the prælaticall Church of England.
Notes: Attributed in the Catalogue of the Thomason collection and in most bibliographies to Richard Bernard, minister of Batcombe. In a 1661 edition, with a somewhat different title, the authorship is ascribed to John Barnard, minister of Batcombe. Since Richard Bernard was minister at Batcombe, 1613-1641 and was succeeded by Richard Alleine, it is evident that the publisher either incorrectly attributes the work to Bernard or more probably gives him the wrong Christian name. It is not clear whether Richard Bernard, a Puritan, held such views upon episcopacy in 1641. This work may have been by John Bernard, a Presbyterian, author of The Independents catechisme. 1645. Cf. Emanuel Green, Bibliotheca Somersetensis. 1902. v. 2, p. 165.

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