1647 JOHN GEREE. Exceptionally Rare Work Against Baptists by Friend of John Tombes.

Puritan, John Geree [1600-1649], was one of the most significant 17th century theologians to interact with the emerging Baptist theology of the day. His concerns were both personal, since he had been dear friends with later Baptist, John Tombes in college [see here], and pastoral, since his region of England was perhaps the most dynamic in terms of Baptist influence. Geree’s two works on the baptism are scarce, critical to study of the development of early Baptist theology and history, and very desirable. This, and the other we have listed concurrently, are the only two we have ever seen offered on the open market. This is the first edition of the first response to Tombes on Baptism.  Geree, John. Vindiciae Paedo-Baptismi; Or, A Vindication of Infant Baptism, in a Full Answer to Mr. Tombs, etc. London: by John Field for Christopher Meredith, 1646. 8 + 71pp.  John Geree and his brother Stephen, also a noted Puritan divine, were born in Yorkshire, and studied at Magdalen College. Stephen