[Rarebooks] fa: THE CASE OF INDIFFERENT THINGS USED in the WORSHIP OF GOD - JOHN WILLIAMS - 1682

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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[John Williams:] The Case of Indifferent Things Used in the Worship of God, Proposed and Stated, by considering these Questions.  Qu. I. Whether things Indifferent, though not Prescribed, may be Lawfully used in Divine Worship? (or, Whether there be any things Indifferent in the Worship of God?) Qu. II. Whether a restraint of our Liberty in the use of such Indifferent things be a violation of it? London: Printed by J. Redmayne, Jun. for Fincham Gardiner at the White Horse in Ludgate-street, 1682/3. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to (21 cm), stitch-bound as issued; [2] + 49 + [1] pp. Wing W2689; ESTC R260.

The anonymous author, John Williams (1636?-1709), became chaplain to William and Mary after the Glorious Revolution and was later consecrated bishop of Chichester. Loss to the upper fore-corners of the first two leaves, slight moisture damage to the top margins of several leaves, some worming to the bottom margins of several others, none of the above affecting any text; otherwise the contents are unusually clean and bright and securely held by what appears to be the original stitched binding.