Baxter’s defence of his Catholick communion defended

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 123 DWL/RB/1/28
  • Former Reference
      GB 123 Treatises i.25
  • Dates of Creation
      20 April 1684
  • Physical Description
      7 folio (ff 82-88), f 82v and 88 are blank, f 82 is a slip of paper, not a full sheet, just a title slip. 300 x 190 mm.

Scope and Content

Baxter's response in letter form to 'a namelesse Accuser (Mr L) about Parish Communion. The Defense of my confutation of Dr Owens Reasons against Liturgies, & of just Communion with the Churches that have tollerable pastors'

Note

This is part of the correspondence about Dr Owen’s MS. For the sequel of this correspondence see Treatises 371. See Baxter’’s two quarto pamphlets on this subject, pub 1684, and his ms letter to Dr Annesley. This copy seems to be by the hand of Roger Morrice’s amanuensis. Argent concurs with W H Black's identification of ‘Mr. L’ with Stephen Lobb

Other Finding Aids

Argent / Black ii.25; Thomas p.19

Custodial History

Other foliation (not in the original MS) ff 413-414

Bibliography

  • This treatise is Corr 1136. See also Corr 1130 and 1132. See also Rel iii. 196f
  • See R. Baxter Catholick communion defended against both extreams(1684) and Catholick communion doubly defended: by Dr Owens vindicator and Richard Baxter (1684).
  • For Samuel Annesley (1620-96) see Corr 392, 471, 760, 1026, 1178, CR, ODNB and Rel. iii. 95.
  • For Stephen Lobb (d 1699) see Corr 1023, 1024, 1026, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1148, 1255, 1256 and ODNB.