A defence of the sermon
Subtitle: preached at the consecration of the Bishop of Bath and Welles, against a confutation thereof by a nameless author. Divided into 4 bookes: ...
By: By George Downame Doctor of Diuinitie
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 955:11
Publisher: Printed by Thomas Creed, William Hall, and Thomas Snodham
Published: 1611
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Episcopacy; Early works to 1800
Notes: STC enters this work under John Rainolds, but he died the year before the sermon was preached; according to the Dictionary of National Biography, the "namelesse author" was probably John Rainolds; Halkett and Laing attribute it to a Sheerwood.

A defense of Downame's "A sermon defending the honourable function of bishops" (part 2 of his "Two sermons") against the anonymous "An answere to a sermon preached the 17 of April anno D. 1608, by George Downame".

The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A".

Errata: [1] p. at end.

"Tp varies; line 5 begins: 'L Bishop' or 'Bishop'. Bbbb8 is a cancel in most copies; the passage on the recto: 'I omit here ... Princes.' appears as lines 23-9 of the text ... or as a side-note."--STC (2nd ed.)

STC (2nd ed.) 7115