Sermons by William Laud, D.D., Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, reprint of 1651 ed

Laud, William; Hatherell, J. W. [editor]. Sermons, preached by William Laud, D.D., Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford; Reprinted verbatim from the last Edition, in 1651. London: Rivingtons, 1829. [10558] Green cloth spine with original printed paper label, plain boards, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, slight edge-wear to the binding, tight. xvi, [4], 241 clean pp. The original book as it was bound by the publisher. Pages are untrimmed and most of the book remains unopened (top fold uncut). Good. Hardcover. This reprint of the 1651 edition retains the original orthography and punctuation.  A brief Memoir of 8 pp. followed by seven sermons from the Psalms. William Laud (1573-1645), royal chaplain to James I., archbishop and religious advisor to Charles I.; he wielded immense power in the Church of England. Archbishop Laud was of a High-Church and anti-Puritan persuasion and used his power to suppress Puritanism to the best of his ability. He was loyal to the Crow