The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. In Twelve Volumes containing Two Hundred and Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions: Together with the rule of Faith; Prayers composed by him for his own Use; And a Form of Prayer, composed by him, for the use of King William.

Tillotson, Dr. John.

Edité par London, Printed for R.Ware, A.Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T.Longman, R.Hett, C.Hitch, J.Hodges, S.Austen, J. and R. Tonson, J. and H. Pemberton, and J.Rivington., 1743

Twelve Volumes (complete set). Octavo. Including the rare and often missing Frontispiece-Portrait of "His Grace John Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury (by Kneller and Gerard van der Gucht). Original Hardcover (full leather with original spine-labels and gilt ornament. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear, some faded signs of a dampstain to endpapers and very few tiny wormhole-damages to margins of very few Volumes. The very rare 12-Volume set (not the more common 10 Volumes). A rare set in this excellent condition. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. John Tillotson (October 1630 22 November 1694) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694. Tillotson was the son of a Puritan clothier at Haughend, Sowerby, Yorkshire. Little is known of his early youth; he studied at Colne Grammar School, before entering as a pensioner of Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1647. His tutor was David Clarkson and he graduated in 1650, being made a fellow of his college in 1651. In 1656 Tillotson became tutor to the son of Edmund Prideaux, attorney-general to Oliver Cromwell. About 1661 he was ordained without subscription by Thomas Sydserf, a Scottish bishop. Tillotson was present at the Savoy Conference in 1661, and remained identified with the Presbyterians until the passing of the Act of Uniformity 1662. Shortly afterwards he became curate of Cheshunt, Herts, and in June 1663, rector of Kedington, Suffolk. He now devoted himself to an exact study of biblical and patristic writers, especially Basil and Chrysostom. The result of this reading, and of the influence of John Wilkins, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, was seen in the general tone of his preaching, which was practical rather than theological, concerned with issues of personal morality instead of theoretical doctrine. This plain style of preaching is reflective of the late 17th century, when the integration of reason into Protestant theology came to be seen as one of its finest attributes against Catholicism. Tillotson himself was personally tolerant enough towards Catholics, remarking in a famous sermon that while Popery was "gross superstition", yet "Papists, I doubt not, are made like other men". He was actually a latitudinarian, also known as "Cambridge Arminianism". Besides, Tillotson adopted Arminian views. He was a man of the world as well as a divine, and in his sermons, he exhibited a tact which enabled him at once to win the ear of his audience. In 1664 he became preacher at Lincoln's Inn. The same year he married Elizabeth French, a niece of Oliver Cromwell; and he also became a Tuesday lecturer at St Lawrence, Jewry (where he was later buried). Tillotson employed his controversial weapons with some skill against atheism and Catholicism. In 1663 he published a characteristic sermon on "The Wisdom of being Religious," and in 1666 replied to John Sergeant's Sure Footing in Christianity by a pamphlet on the "Rule of Faith." The same year he received the degree of D.D. In 1670 he became prebendary and in 1672 dean of Canterbury. That latter year he was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1675 he edited John Wilkins's Principles of Natural Religion, completing what was left unfinished of it, and in 1682 his Sermons. Along with Burnet, Tillotson attended William Russell, Lord Russell on the scaffold in 1683. In 1684, he wrote a Discourse against Transubstantiation. He afterwards enjoyed the friendship of Lady Russell, and it was partly through her that he obtained so much influence with Princess Anne, who followed his advice in regard to the settlement of the crown on William of Orange. He possessed the special confidence of William and Mary, and was made clerk of the closet to the king in March 1689. It was chiefly through his advice that the king appointed an ecclesiastical commission for the reconciliation of the Dissenters. In August of this year, he was appointed by the chapter of h. N° de réf. du vendeur 32225AB

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Titre : The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John ...
Éditeur : London, Printed for R.Ware, A.Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T.Longman, R.Hett, C.Hitch, J.Hodges, S.Austen, J. and R. Tonson, J. and H. Pemberton, and J.Rivington.
Date d'édition : 1743
Reliure : Couverture rigide