The sacred doctrine of diuinitie, gathered out of the word of God

Felix Kyngston, 1613. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The sacred doctrine of diuinitie, gathered out of the word of God, and comprehended in two volumes whereof this first volume, containeth a description of all that holy doctrine according to the rules of art: with a treatise concerning the olde Testament, or the promise. The second is to containe a larger explication of the former doctrines: with a discouerie of the most principall heresies and errours contrary thereunto. Imprinted at London : by Felix Kyngston, 1613. Quarto. Full leather with raised bands and period style leather label. [4], 20, 24, 29-44, 40-69, 100-101, 72-112 p. Sometimes erroneously attributed to Dudley Fenner, who the preface of the first edition (STC 10872.5), dated 1 Jan. 1589, mentions as having died three years previously. The second volume spoken of in the title is STC 7148. According to ESTC: ¿Most copies are anonymous; British Library copy retains [par.]2, conjugate with with [par.]3, with dedication by Finch to Thomas [Egerton] Lord Ellsmere. Headpiece on [par.]3r varies; center has vase or has fleur-de-lis; both at Princeton. One Bodelian Library copy has erroneously inserted the Latin verse dedication by J. Gordon belonging to STC 12056 and has an extra leaf of errata at end¿. A scarce book at any rate with only 1 US location recorded in Boston and a handful in the UK.