The Faith, Doctrine & Religion, Professed & Protected in the Realm of England, & Dominions of the Same; Expressed in Thirty Nine Articles. Etc.

Thomas Rogers [? - 1616]

Published by Printed by John Streater, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge living on Clerken-well Green, 1668

About this Item

Hardcover. Published in 1668. Bound in full, blind-stamped, brown leather. Pages are printed on laid paper. Reprint. The first edition was in 1607 and there were at least five printings before this one which is not listed in the British Library. Wing #R1834. Size: Square Small 8vo. 222 pages. Shows overall wear. Hinges are weakening, yet binding is still tight and quite sound. Interior little foxed, some stains, upper corner of early pages bumped with pages little dog-eared. From pages 113 to the end, the lower fore corner is chewed, though text not affected. Previous owners name is written in ink on the front flyleaf, presumed from the period. A fascinating copy at over 350 years old. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Religion & Theology. Additional photographs available upon request. Full refund if not satisfied. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Thomas Rogers (died 1616) was an English Anglican clergyman, known as a theologian, controversialist and translator. He was a student of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1571, and graduated B.A. 7 July 1573, and M.A. 6 July 1576. He was subsequently (11 December 1581) rector of Horringer in Suffolk. Initially he was on good terms with local Puritan figures such as John Knewstub and Walter Allen; but his own views changed within a few years. Rogers was an early opponent of Nicholas Bownde in the Sabbatarian controversy. Rogers became chaplain to Richard Bancroft, and assisted him in literary work. He died at Horringer, and was buried in the chancel of his church there, 22 February 1616. Rogers's major works were on the English creed: The English Creed, wherein is contained in Tables an Exposition on the Articles which every Man is to Subscribe unto. London. 1585 [1579]., and The English Creede Consenting with the True, Auncient, Catholique and Apostolique Church . The First Parte, Etc. London. 1585. The latter subsequently appeared in another form as an exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles, entitled The Faith, Doctrine and Religion: Professed and Protected in the Realm of England, and Dominions of the Same; Expressed in Thirty Nine Articles. . London. 1681. This book was later praised by Augustus Toplady, Edward Bickersteth and other evangelical divines, and was reprinted in 1854 by the Parker Society. Popular were Rogers's translation of The Imitation of Christ (London, 1580); often reprinted till 1639 and his Of the Ende of this World and the Second Coming of Christ, translated from the Latin of Scheltoo a Geveren, London 1577, 1578, 1589. The latter work endorsed the conclusions of George Joye on the second coming as due in the sixteenth century, and with more specific predictions to the later 1580s. Geveren was a lawyer in Emden, whom Rogers may have visited in 1577; his work was influenced by mystical and rabbinic thought. (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # 048592

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Faith, Doctrine & Religion, Professed & ...

Publisher: Printed by John Streater, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge living on Clerken-well Green

Publication Date: 1668

Binding: Hardcover (Full Leather)

Condition: Good Condition

Edition: Reprint.