[Morley, George]

Several treatises written upon several occasions; By the Right ReverendFather in God, George, Lord Bishop of Winton, Both before and since theKing's Restauration: Wherein his judgement is fully made known concerningthe church of Rome, and most of those doctrines which are controvertedbetwixt her and the Church of England

London: Printed for Joanna Brome, 1683 Works of George Morley (1597-1681), loyalist divine who accompanied Charles I to the scaffold and went into exile during the Commonwealth. Upon the Restoration he was made Bishop of Winchester, and rebuilt Farnham Castle where his close friend Izaak Walton spent much of his old age. Walton dedicated his Life of George Herbert to Morley. Contents are: A preface -- The summe of a short conference -- An argument drawn from the evidence and certainty of sense -- A vindication of the argument drawn from sense -- A letter from Father Cressey ... with the bishop's answer to it -- A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, November 5. 1667 -- Three letters -- A letter written by the Bishop of Winchester to Her Highness the Dutchess of York -- Ad Cl. Virum Janum Ulitium epistolae duae -- Epistola ad virum clarissimum D. Cornelium Triglandium -- A postscript First edition. 4to. [4], xvi, 8, 22, [2], 27, [1], 32, 39, [1], 36, 41-64, 23, [1], 67, [1], 15, [5] pp. Each section with separate title page and pagination. Contemporary calf with slight wear, some darkening to endpapers, slight worming to lower margin of final few leaves; overall, a very handsome copy in a binding of the period. Wing M2796

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