The Judgment of the Late Lord Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale, Of the..
The Nature of True Religion Hale, Sir Matthew [1609-1676]. Bacon, Francis [1561-1626]. Barrow, Isaac [1630-1677]. The Judgment of the Late Lord Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale, Of the Nature of True Religion, The Causes of Its Corruption, And the Churches Calamity, By Mens Additions and Violences: With the Desired Cure. In Three Discourses, Written by Himself at Several Times. Humbly Dedicated to the Honourable Judges and Learned Lawyers, Who Knew and Honoured the Author, Because in Their True Sentiments of Religion, And Its Depravations, and the Cure, The Wellfare of England, Under His Majesty, As Well as Their Own, Is Eminently Concerned. By the Faithful Publisher, Richard Baxter. To Which is Annexed the Judgment of Sir Francis Bacon Lord Verulam St. Albans, And Chancellour of England: And Somewhat of Dr. Isaack Barrows on the Same Subject. London: Printed for B. Simmons at the Three Cocks near the West-End of S. Paul's Church, 1684. [xii], 64 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet. Light soiling to exterior, light edgewear to first few leaves, early ink mark and later library label to title page. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing and soiling in a few places. $500. * Only edition. One of the great English jurists of the seventeenth century, Hale was chief baron of the Exchequer from 1660 to 1666, when he became chief justice of the King's Bench. He was also a deeply religious man who published several devotional works. Addressed to England's lawyers and judges, and legalistic in tone, the Judgment contains three discourses on "The Use of Religion," "The Principle of Religion" and "What the Christian Religion Is." All are strongly critical of dissent from the Church of England, points echoed in the appended works by Bacon and Barrow. English Short-Title Catalogue R11139.
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