Vindication of the essence and unity of the Church-Catholick visible, and the priority thereof in regard to particular churches : in answer to the obj
A 1658 London theological tract by Samuel Hudson, printed for Andrew Kembe, arguing for the unity of the visible Church Catholic against Puritan church-discipline writers such as Thomas Hooker and John Ellis. The pictures are decorative woodcut headpieces and borders of scrolling acanthus, flowers, crowns, fleurs-de-lis and pinecone-like motifs, with a central face or figure, offering a designer dense historic ornament for frames, dividers and page edges.





