An appeal to the parliament, or, Sion's plea against the prelacie
Subtitle: the summe whereoff is delivered in a decade of positions : in the handling vvhereoff the Lord Bishops and their appurtenances are manifestlie proved both by divine and humane lawes to be intruders vpon the priviledges of Christ, of the King, and of the common-vveal, and threfore vpon good evidence given, she hartelie desireth a iudgement and execution.
Contributors: Stam, Jan Fredericksz, d. 1667, printer.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: J.F. Stam]
Published: 1629
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Church of England -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800; Episcopacy -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Appeal to the Parliament; Sion's plea against the prelacie
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 15429
Imprint information from STC.
Signatures: *⁴ A-2X⁴.
LC copy has a portrait of the author and a description of his punishments for writing this book mounted on front free endpaper.  It also includes "Extract from Macauley's history, p. 96, vol. 2, 1765" (4 p. in ms.)  which describes Leighton as a zealous Puritan.