1577 JOHN CALDWELL Radical Puritan Sermon on Scripture, the Reformation, & Repentance

Very rare volume with no copies traced on the market or anytime in the last twenty years or so at auction.  John Caldwell was one of the earliest puritan ministers. He, along with William Leigh, were regularly invited to preach for the Earle of Darbie, a known friend of the Reformation and of the emerging puritan movement. The present sermon, preached in the Earle's chapel, is blisteringly hot against Romanism, against alliances between the government and religion, and to those of faith. He exhorts them to not squander the blood and labor of the Reformation and the Holy Scriptures which have been gifted to them by their sacrifice. See excerpts below. An important and beautifully preserved item. Caldwell, John. A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable Earle of Darbie, and Divers Other Assembled in His Honors Chapell at Newparke in Lankashire. 1577. Imprinted at London by Thomas East; the xiii day of March, 1577. Housed in a very sleek nineteenth century straight grain morocco bindi