1629 PURITAN William Ames John Calvin Calvinism vs Jesuit Cardinal Bellarmine

1629 PURITAN William Ames John Calvin Calvinism vs Jesuit Cardinal Bellarmine

William Ames was an early 17^th-century English Puritan who is primarily known for fueling the controversies between Calvinist and Arminians. As a Calvinist himself, Ames published numerous pro-Calvinist works including his “Bellarminus Enervates”. This work was a collection of arguments made by Ames against Jesuit cardinal Robert Bellarmine.

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AMES, William

Bellarminus enervatus, à Guilielmo Amesio S.S. Theologiæ Doctore in Academia Franekerana

Oxoniæ [Oxford]: Excudebat Guilielmus Turner, & væneunt per Robertum Allott, Londinensem, in cœmiterio Pauli, 1629.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1 tome
  • Part I – [20], 283, [1]
  • Part II – [4], 288
    • Includes separate title page
  • Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – The Hon.^ble George Baillie Esq^r., One of the Lords of the Treasury, 1724
    • George Baillie (1664–1738) was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1691 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1734. He was one of the first subscribers to the Darien Scheme, pledging £1,000 sterling to the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. He was a leading member of the Squadrone Volante, a group of members who were influential in the debates which led to the union with England in 1707. Additionally, Baillie played a significant role in orchestrating vast improvements in the Scottish Linen trade.
  • Language: Latin
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~6in X 3.25in (15cm x 8.5cm)
  • Quite rare

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