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Five disputations of church-government, and worship

Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691 · 1659 · London : Printed by R.W. for N. Simmons · 40 pictures

Richard Baxter's 1659 treatise on church government and worship, printed in London by R.W. for N. Simmons, a Puritan argument aimed at clergy and lay readers of the period. Its pictures are the printer's decorative woodcut initial letters, a large capital I and a T, built from interlaced strapwork, scrolls and leafy shapes cut in hatched lines, which a designer could borrow for hand-cut display capitals or ornamental drop caps.

Church polity · Episcopacy · Public worship · Puritans

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