The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker, (That Learned and Judicious Divine) in Eight Books of Ecclesiastical Polity, Completed Out of His Own Manuscripts With an Account of His Life and Death (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker, (That Learned and Judicious Divine) In Eight Books of Ecclesiastical Polity, Completed Out of His Own Manuscripts: With an Account of His Life and Death I had alfo afriend/hip with the Reverend Dr. Diber, the late Learned Archbzyhop of Armagh 5 and with Dr. Morton, the late Learned and Charitable Bzfirop 0 Durham 5 as alfo with the Learned John Hales of Baron Col/ed e5 andwith them 41 0 (who loved the very name of Mr. Hooker) I have had many dtourfes concerning him5 and from them, and many others that have now put of Mortality, I might have had more Informa tions, if I could then have admitted a thought of any fitnefs' for what by perfwaflon I have now undertaken, But, though that full Harve/l be irrecoverably lofl, yet my Memory hath prqferved f ome Gleanings, and my diligence made fuch Additions to them, as I hope will prove ufeful to the compleating of what I intend. In the dzfcovery of which I [hall be faithful and with this afiurancc put a period to my Introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.