Part of an "Answer to Mr. Whincopp's Letter" against infant-baptism, containing chapters vii and viii, with part of chap. xi, and "part of what is proper to be inserted in a preface", 18th century
The original draught, with many corrections.
Beg. "The cause at length seems to be come as it were to a crisis, and you resolved (right or wrong) if possible to clench it. In order to which, instead of proving, 'That it is not lawful to baptize infants, which by agreement was your immediate province, you have been pleas'd (tho' not very fairly) to turn the tables upon me."
Dates
- Creation: 18th century
Extent
38 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 854
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 854.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 12691.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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