Downing, Calybute

A Sermon Preached to the Renowned Company of the Artillery, 1 September, 1640. Designed to Compose the Present Troubles, by Discovering the Enemies of the Peace of the Church and State. Published by the Honourable House of Commons

      London:: [Prin]ted by E[dward] G[riffin] for John Rothwell,, 1641. First edition.. Small flaw to the title; some light staining; a little nibbling along the upper edge, with loss to the border (but not touching text); a good, sound copy.. Small 4to, removed, [6], 29 [i.e., 39] pages. Britain's internal enemies will "Call other men Traitors, when they themselves are the rankest Rebels; render religious Christians as ill affected civill subjects: and revile the wisdome, conscience, and representation of a State in Parliament, as a Faction, a Combination, a pack of *Puritans*; but wee hope before long, the word *Puritan* shall prove a good name, when some of theirs may degenerate." A watershed sermon from Downing (1606-1644), preached in defiance of the established order; among other arguments congenial to the view of the Commons is his claim that in defense of religion and reformation it is lawful to take up arms against the king. Instance of small contemporary marginal autograph mark. Bound without leaf A2, as seems to be the case in most copies (viz. the copies noted in Thomason, McAlpin, DFo, CSmH, and the Honourable Artillery Company's copy). Final leaf repaired. Wing D-2105; McAlpin Collection II, page 32; Thomason E.157 (4).