1840 Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Collier. 9V England Church History

Description: 1840 Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Collier. 9V England Church History An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain Chiefly of England From the First Planting of Christianity, to the End of the Reign of King Charles the Second With a Brief Account of the Affairs of Religion in Ireland In Nine Volumes by JEREMY COLLIER A NEW EDITION WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, THE CONTROVERSIAL TRACTS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY, NOTES AND AN ENLARGED INDEX BY FRANCIS BARHAM London: William Stroker, 1840-1. First issue of the New Edition. Nine Volumes. Hardcovers. Three quarter leather with ribbed leather spines and corners over marbled paper boards, spine labels with gilt titles, blind-tooled spine decorations, octavos, all marbled paper edges, about 500 pages in each volume. A complete nine volume set of the early 19th century “New Edition” of the massive history by the 17th century English theologian which was first published during 1708-14. Jeremy Collier (23 September 1650 – 26 April 1726) was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian. Born Jeremiah Collier, in Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire, Collier was educated at Caius College, University of Cambridge, receiving the BA (1673) and MA (1676). A supporter of James II, he refused, as a nonjuror (see Nonjuring schism) to take the oath of allegiance to William III and Mary II after the Glorious Revolution. Furthering his obvious disapproval of the new monarchs, he publicly absolved two Jacobites who had conspired to assassinate the King and Queen. In 1713 he was consecrated a non-juror bishop by George Hickes and two Scottish bishops, Archibald Campbell and James Gadderar. Collier was the primus of the nonjuring line and a strong supporter of the four usages. (see Nonjuring schism) In the years following the Revolution he wrote a series of tracts questioning the legitimacy of the new monarchs and the deprival of the Non-juror bishops. He was well known for his Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, 1708–1714, which was attacked for its tendentious political and theological comments, but nevertheless widely used. His Reasons for restoring some prayers and directions, as they stand in the communion-service of the first English reform'd liturgy, 1717 was the first salvo in the usages debate. His Essays were popular in his own day but are now little read. Collier wrote anti-theatrical polemic but was a high-church monarchist, unlike the many Puritans who wrote in this genre as well. Collier also translated the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius into English. CONDITION: Very Good Ex Theological seminary set. Seminary stamps on fornt endpapers and title pages. Remnants of removed pockets on rear pastedowns and remnants of original owner’s ex-libris label on front pastedown of one volume. No external library markings. Covers have rubbing of leather at spine edges and corners, slight wear at spine ends. Two volumes have some crackling of the spine leather; one of these volumes also has a repaired split joint and a neatly re-attached board, and the second volume has a short repaired split at a joint. Boards have light wear at edges; some have moderate wear at corners, a few boards have small dents at edges. The Contents of all volumes are Near Fine – complete, clean and intact with age tanned paper. All bindings are tight and all boards are attached securely.) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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