Altare Christianum: or, The dead vicars plea. : Wherein the vicar of Gr. being dead, yet speaketh, and pleadeth out of antiquity, against him that hath broken downe his altar. Presented, and humbly submitted to the consideration of his superiours, the governours of our Church. By Iohn Pocklington. Dr. D.

Altare Christianum: or, The dead vicars plea. : Wherein the vicar of Gr. being dead, yet speaketh, and pleadeth out of antiquity, against him that hath broken downe his altar. Presented, and humbly submitted to the consideration of his superiours, the governours of our Church. By Iohn Pocklington. Dr. D.

London : Printed by Richard Badger, 1637.

[8], 163, [1] p. ; (4to)

A reply to "A coale from the altar" by Peter Heylyn, and to a letter by John Williams to the vicar at Grantham.

Imprimatur on leaf A4v: Perlegi Tractatum ... Ex Aedibus Lambethanis Feb. 21. 1636. Guil. Bray, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, & Domino D. Arch. Cant. Sacellanus Domesticus.

Variant: hand stamped in red ink below the imprint: Are to be sould by N: Vavasour at his shopp in the Inner Temple:.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-X⁴ Y².

Entered 7 March [1637]

Signatures from DFo.
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Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 20075
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114776

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 20075 Bd.w. STC 13270 copy 1

HH110/37.3. HH166/38. Manuscript notes: brief manuscript list of volume's contents on front fly-leaf. Variant. Leaves A2,3 and L1,4 are cancels or from another copy. With 4 other titles concerning the altar controversy: [Heylyn, P.] A coale from the altar. 1636 -- [Williams, John]. The Holy table...1637 (shelfmark STC 25725) -- Heylyn, P. Antidotum Lincolniense. 1637 (shelfmark STC 13267) -- Mede, Joseph. The name altar. 1637 (shelfmark STC 17768 Copy 2). Provenance: bookplates of Sir William Blackstone and James Banks Stanhope; Harmsworth copy