Reference code
DWL/RB/iii.62 (2)
Other numbers
:iii.62(2)
Level of description
item
Title
Papers on church government and other topics - included in Reliquiae Baxterianae
Date
March 1661
Extent and Medium
Genre/Physical Characteristic:ff 103-133 (f 116v and f 117r are blank) 315 x 210 mm.
Dimensions:315 x 400 mm.
Genre/Physical Characteristic:Uncut sheet. w/m: Shield; posthorn; heart; 62 x 48 mm. (ff116/119)
c/m: AI 10 x 24 mm.
Creator
Scope and content
The narrative portions of Baxter's Autobiography (Rel. ii. 141-289) are contained here (ff 103-133) with the titles of documents to be added marked at appropriate places excepting the letter of Mr Gaches to Baxter as at Reliquiae Baxterianae p. 215 (Lutet, Paris, 5 April 1660). In addition to the many sections of narrative contained here are the following manuscript items: 'survey of sects' (ff 103-106); statement by Thomas Warmestry and Thomas Good, 20 Sept. 1653 (ff 106-108); material by John Durie not included in the Reliquiae (ff 109, 111); arguments on fundamentals (ff 113-114); Cf. Anne de La Tour d’Auvergne, Certain letters, 1660 (ff 118-121).
Finding aids
Argent / Black iii.62(2); Thomas p. 6-7
Related
Related material:See Argent iii.62(2) for table of correspondence between Reliquiae Baxterianae and these folio.
Publication note
- Raymond Gaches (c1615-88) was the Reformed minister in Castres from 1649, and at Charenton, Paris, from 1654 until his death. See Larousse Grand Larousse Encyclopedique (10 vols, Paris 1960-64).
- See also Anne de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomtesse de Turenne, Certain letters, evidencing the Kings stedfastness in the Protestant religion: sent from the Princess of Turenne, and the ministers of Charenton, to some persons of quality in London (1660). See also Corr 641, 682, 719.
- For Thomas Good (1609-78) see WR and Corr 133, 136, 156, 217, 219, 227, 467, 946, 1028 and 1068.
- For Thomas Warmestry (1609/10-1665), Dean of Worcester, see WR, Corr 109, 136, 156, 467, 687, ODNB and Rel. ii. 164-6.
- For John Dury (Durie) (1596-1680) who ceaselessly advocated reconciliation and ecclesiastical unity, see Corr 13, 83, 99, 104, 106, 109, 111, 114, 141, 164, 165, 173, 451, 452, 470, 480, 486, 487, 493, 531, 712, 714, 901, 905 and ODNB.
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