1647 EDWARD REYNOLDS. Lord's Supper - Peace & Unity of the Church - Self-Denial. Three Puritan Works in One!

A wonderful assemblage of three separately published works by prominent puritan and one of the divines of the Westminster Assembly, Edward Reynolds [1599-1676]. Siding with the Presbyterians in the Civil War of 1643, he also took the Covenant in 1644, preached for Cromwell, and was solidly in the puritan camp. However, he was also a peace maker; never looking to establish a Presbyterian State, as some were, he was open to reconciling with the broader church with more liberty of conscience. In 1660, he did just that and was therefore not ejected in 1662. 

Reynolds remains one of the sturdiest of the puritan exegetes. Spurgeon said that his works were ". . . surpassingly clear and elaborate. He was a man of vast learning and a thoroughly evangelical spirit."

Reynolds, Edward. Meditations on the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Last Supper. Second edition Corrected and revised by the Author. London. Printed for Robert Bostock and George Badger and are to be sold at the Kings-Head in Pauls-Church-Yard; and in St. Dunstands Church-yard in Fleet-street. 1647. 223pp

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Reynolds, Edward. A Sermon Touching the Peace & Edification of the Church. London. Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostock, and are to be sold at his shop in S. Pauls Church-hard at the signe of the Kings Head. 1638. 46pp.

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Reynolds, Edward. Self-Deniall: Opened and Applyed in a Sermon before the Reverend Assembly of Divines: On a Day of their Private Humiliation. Second Edition. London. Printed for T. Maxey, for Robert Bostock at the signe of the Kings Head in Paul's Church-yard. 1652. 47pp.

All rather nice and crisp; a bit handled at beginning of second work and final leaf a bit dusty; occasionally cropped a bit close. Neatly bound in a simple plan calf binding that is probably 20th century. Very slightest bow.