An apologie or declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the world: consisting in an examination and censvre of the common errovr tovching natvres perpetuall and vniversall decay, divided into fovre bookes: whereof the first treates of this pretended decay in generall, together with some preparatiues thervnto: the second of the pretended decay of the heavens and elements, together with that of the elementary bodies, man onely excepted: the third of the pretended decay of mankinde in regard of age and duration, of strength and stature, of arts and wits: the fourth of this pretended decay in matter of manners, together with a large proofe of the future consummation of the world from the testimony of the gentiles, and the vse which we are to draw from the consideration thereof

Author

George Hakewill

Title

An apologie or declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the world: consisting in an examination and censvre of the common errovr tovching natvres perpetuall and vniversall decay, divided into fovre bookes: whereof the first treates of this pretended decay in generall, together with some preparatiues thervnto: the second of the pretended decay of the heavens and elements, together with that of the elementary bodies, man onely excepted: the third of the pretended decay of mankinde in regard of age and duration, of strength and stature, of arts and wits: the fourth of this pretended decay in matter of manners, together with a large proofe of the future consummation of the world from the testimony of the gentiles, and the vse which we are to draw from the consideration thereof

Date

1630

Place

Oxford

Publisher

Printed by William Tvrner printer to the famous Vniversity

Edition

The 2nd ed. rev., and in sundry passages augmented by the authour, with advertisements and tables newly annexed in the end of the booke, an index wherof is presented in the next page. --

Note

Added t.-p., engraved First published in 1627. cf. Dict. nat. biog., v. 24, p. 8 STC 12612

Library Catalog

https://crrs.ca/rare_books/crrs-rare-book-retrieval-requests/

Num Pages

20

Call Number

BT95 .H2 1630

Item Type

Book

Collection

Citation

George Hakewill, “An apologie or declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the world: consisting in an examination and censvre of the common errovr tovching natvres perpetuall and vniversall decay, divided into fovre bookes: whereof the first treates of this pretended decay in generall, together with some preparatiues thervnto: the second of the pretended decay of the heavens and elements, together with that of the elementary bodies, man onely excepted: the third of the pretended decay of mankinde in regard of age and duration, of strength and stature, of arts and wits: the fourth of this pretended decay in matter of manners, together with a large proofe of the future consummation of the world from the testimony of the gentiles, and the vse which we are to draw from the consideration thereof,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed November 25, 2024, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9730.