The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation, Or an Answer to a Booke Entitled Mercy and Truth or, Charity Maintained By Catholiques which Pretends to Prove the Contrary by Chillingworth, William - 1638

Oxford: Leonard Lichfield and are to be Sold By John Clarke, 1638. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A good copy in contemporary calf that shows wear to tail of spine aeg. Extensive early inscription dated 1798 to reverse of fep: "this scarce and valuable book is presented by Weatherhead to His Friend Delaforce, as a small addition to his library...". John Weatherhead's signature dated 1783 to title page. xxxiipp + 413pp + errata. William Chillingworth (1602-1644), was the grandson of Archbishop Laud. Following his conversion to Catholicism, then back to Protestantism, Chillingworth wrote this his magnum opus, which became a significant work of post-Restoration theology..