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The true history of councils enlarged and defended : against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church ..

Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691 · 1682 · London : Printed for Tho. Parkhurst · 5 pictures

A 1682 London theological treatise by the Puritan divine Richard Baxter, printed for the bookseller Thomas Parkhurst, defending the authority of church councils against a rival writer on early church polity. Its pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a foliate border strip, two decorated initial letters (a V and a U) with interlace and flowers, and a repeating fleur-like band, offering a designer historical type ornaments and border strips to adapt for headers and dividers.

Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691 · Councils and synods · Episcopacy · Church polity · Puritans

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