A Discourse Representing the Sufficient Manifestation of the Will of God to his Church

A Discourse Representing the Sufficient Manifestation of the Will of God to his Church in all its several Periods and Dispensations.

Canaries (James)

Publication details: Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson,1684,

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'In addition to unpublished attacks on Roman Catholicism, in 1684 the ambitious convert proclaimed his renewed protestantism in A Discourse Representing the Sufficient Manifestation of the Will of God to his Church, a lengthy work dedicated to the chancellor, the earl of Perth. It perhaps helped him to obtain the parish of Selkirk, to which he was licensed in February 1685' (ODNB). The receipt and the authorisations for payment all relate to the manse in Selkirk. The payments are to servants or workmen ('for their work at the manse') whose endorsement in barely legible hands are in marked contrast to Canaries' own regular, elegant script.The Heir of Andrew Anderson was his widow, Agnes (see SBTI for her complicated career). Scarce: ESTC records 7 copies in Scotland, 2 in England, and 5 in the US.

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FIRST EDITION, some soiling in the early portions, old repair in last leaf just affecting a couple of letters on the verso, pp. [xvi], 296, 8vo, later (?late 18th-century) cloth stained to resemble calf, spine lettered in gilt, worn at extremities, short tear at head of spine, early ownership inscription at head of first page (blank except for signature mark 'A') of Tho. Morton, and below this another by George Dewar dated 1723, Dewar has also signed the title-page, and with, loosely inserted, an MS receipt and 3 authorisations for payment, all signed by Canaries, sound

Bibliography: (ESTC R27828)

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