A treatise of the nature of a minister in all its offices : To which is annexed an answer to Doctor Forbes concerning the necessity of bishops to ordain. Which is an answer to a question proposed in these late unhappy times to the author, What is a minister? (1670)
Lucy, William, 1594-1677 · London : Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe · leaf 14
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Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647 · Forbes, John, 1593-1648 · Church of England · Clergy · Puritans
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