A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants (as they tearme themselues) crauing resolution, in some matters of doctrine, which seeme to ouerthrow the foundation of religion, and the Church amongst vs. Written by William Covel Doctor in Diuinitie, and published by authority. The contents whereof are in the page following.

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A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants (as they tearme themselues) crauing resolution, in some matters of doctrine, which seeme to ouerthrow the foundation of religion, and the Church amongst vs. Written by William Covel Doctor in Diuinitie, and published by authority. The contents whereof are in the page following.

Author

Covell, William, d. 1614?

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At London :: Printed by P. Short for Clement Knight, dwelling at the signe of the holy Lambe in Paules church-yard,

1603.

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Subject terms

Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600. -- Ecclesiastical polity -- Early works to 1800.

Puritans -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.

Christian letter of certaine English protestants, unfained favourers of the present state of religion, authorised and professed in England: unto that reverend and learned man, Mr R. Hoo. -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.

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"A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants (as they tearme themselues) crauing resolution, in some matters of doctrine, which seeme to ouerthrow the foundation of religion, and the Church amongst vs. Written by William Covel Doctor in Diuinitie, and published by authority. The contents whereof are in the page following." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19460.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• The Articles handled in this Booke.
• TO THE MOST REVEREND Father in God, my verie good Lord, the Lord Archbishop of Canterburie his Grace, Primate, and Metropo∣litan of all England.
• TO THE READER.
• The Authours Preface.
• ARTICLE I. Of the Deity of the Sonne of God.
• ARTICLE II. The coeternity of the Sonne, and the procee∣ding of the holy Ghost.
• ARTICLE III. Whether the holy Scriptures containe all things necessarie to saluation.
• ARTICLE IIII. Holy scriptures aboue the Church.
• ARTICLE V. Of Freewill.
• ARTICLE VI. Of Faith and Works.
• ARTICLE VII. The vertue of works.
• ARTICLE VIII. Works of supererogation.
• ARTICLE IX. None free from all sinne.
• ARTICLE X. Of Predestination.
• ARTICLE XI. The visible Church and the Church of Rome.
• ARTICLE XII. Of Preaching.
• ARTICLE XIII. Of the Ministers office.
• ARTICLE XIIII. Of the Sacraments.
• ARTICLE XV. Of Christs Institution.
• ARTICLE XVI. Of the necessitie of Baptisme.
• ARTICLE XVII. Of Transubstantiation.
• ARTICLE XVIII. Of Speculatiue doctrine.
• ARTICLE XIX Of Caluin and the reformed Churches.
• ARTICLE XX. Of Schoolemen, Philosophie, and Popery.
• ARTICLE XXI The stile and maner of writing.