An historicall vindication of the government of the Church of Scotland : from the manifold base calumnies which the most malignant of the prelats did invent of old, and now lately have been published with great industry in two pamphlets at London. The one intituled Issachars burden, &c. written and published at Oxford by John Maxwell, a Scottish prelate, excommunicate by the Church of Scotland, and declared an unpardonable incendiary by the parliaments of both kingdoms. The other falsly intituled A declaration made by King James in Scotland, concerning church-government and presbyteries; but indeed written by Patrick Adamson, pretended Archbishop of St. Andrews, contrary to his own conscience, as himselfe on his death-bed did confesse and subscribe before many witneses in a write hereunto annexed. By Robert Baylie minister at Glasgow. Published according to order

An historicall vindication of the government of the Church of Scotland : from the manifold base calumnies which the most malignant of the prelats did invent of old, and now lately have been published with great industry in two pamphlets at London. The one intituled Issachars burden, &c. written and published at Oxford by John Maxwell, a Scottish prelate, excommunicate by the Church of Scotland, and declared an unpardonable incendiary by the parliaments of both kingdoms. The other falsly intituled A declaration made by King James in Scotland, concerning church-government and presbyteries; but indeed written by Patrick Adamson, pretended Archbishop of St. Andrews, contrary to his own conscience, as himselfe on his death-bed did confesse and subscribe before many witneses in a write hereunto annexed. By Robert Baylie minister at Glasgow. Published according to order.

Author/creator	Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662
Other author/creator	Adamson, Patrick, 1537-1592 Recantation of Maister Patrik Adamsone, sometime archbishop of Saint-Androwes in Scotlande.
Other author/creator	Welch, John, 1568?-1622.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	London : printed for Samuel Gellibrand at the Brasen-Serpent in Pauls-Churchyard, 1646.
Description	[16], 79, [1]; 56 p.
Supplemental Content	https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240930847
Subject(s)	Maxwell, John, 1590?-1647. Presbytery display'd--Early works to 1800. Adamson, Patrick, 1537-1592 Declaratioun of the Kings Majesties intentioun and meaning toward the lait actis of Parliament--Early works to 1800. Church of Scotland--Government --Early works to 1800. Presbyterianism--Early works to 1800.

Variant title	Answer to the declaration.
Series	Early English books online. ^A888680
General note	A reply to "The burthen of Issachar" (Wing M1379), which is an edition of John Maxwell's "An answer by letter to a worthy gentleman who desired of a divine some reasons by which it might appeare how inconsistent presbyteriall government is with monarchy"; and to "A declaratioun of the Kings Majesties intentioun and meaning toward the lait actis of Parliament" by Patrick Adamson (STC 21949).
General note	In two parts, each with separate pagination and register. Part 2 has caption title: An answer to the declaration.
General note	Part 2 includes: (pp. 37-44) "The recantation of Maister Patrik Adamsone, sometime archbishop of Saint-Androwes in Scotlande" by Patrick Adamson (STC 149); and (pp. 45-56) "Two pious and propheticall letters" by John Welch.
General note	Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug: 1st".
General note	Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library.
References	Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) B460
References	Thomason E.346[11]
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2505:15)
Stock number	CL0037000105 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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