Five tracts relating to the Popish Controversies, from the Weston Library of (Earl of Bradford). (1.) [HILL (Samuel)] The Catholic Balance: or a Discourse determining the Controversies concerning I. The Tradition of Catholic Doctrines. II. The Primacy of S. Peter and the Bishop of Rome. III. The Subjection and Authority of the Church in a Christian State: According to the Suffrages of the primest Antiquity. Written with the most Impartia; Sincerity at the Request of a private Gentleman. (2.) Popery not Found on Scripture: or, The texts which papists cite out of the Bible, for the proof of the points of their religion, examin'd, and shew'd to be alledged without ground. (3.) [WAKE (William)] A Discourse conerning the Nature of Idolatry: in

4to (210 x 170 mm), nineteenth century smooth half calf by Morrell, Binder, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt and blind, top edges gilt, others uncut, a very nice copy. Comprising: (1.) [HILL (Samuel)] The Catholic Balance: or a Discourse determining the Controversies concerning I. The Tradition of Catholic Doctrines. II. The Primacy of S. Peter and the Bishop of Rome. III. The Subjection and Authority of the Church in a Christian State: According to the Suffrages of the primest Antiquity. Written with the most Impartia; Sincerity at the Request of a private Gentleman. London: Printed for Robert Clavell, 1687. First edition, title slightly soiled, [8], 136pp. (2.) Popery not Found on Scripture: or, The texts which papists cite out of the Bible, for the proof of the points of their religion, examin'd, and shew'd to be alledged without ground. London: Richard Chiswell, 1688. First edition, imprimatur leaf before title, 139, [1]pp. [The second portion (pp.17-140) of this tract is bound in at the end.] (3.) [WAKE (William)] A Discourse conerning the Nature of Idolatry: in which a Late Authorís True and Onely Notion of Idolatry is Considered and Confuted. London: Printed for William Rogers, 1688. First edition, imprimatur leaf before title, 4pp. of adverts. at end, [4], 91, [5]pp. (4.) [STILLINGFLEET (Edward)] The Doctrines and Practices of the Church of Rome truly Represented; In Answer to a Book Intituled, A Papist Misrepresented, &c. London: Printed for W. Rogers, 1686. Second edition, corrected, imprimatur leaf before title, contents leaf at end, [4], 122, [2]pp. (5.) [WAKE (William)] A Continuation of the Present State of the Controversy, between the Church of England, and the Church of Rome. Being a Full Account of the Books that have been of late Written on Both Sides. London: Printed for Ric. Chiswell, 1688. Second edition, imprimatur leaf before title, [16], 80pp. Provenance: With the 19th century heraldic bookplate of of Arma Comitis de Bradford, Weston Library (Earl of Bradford). Wing, H2006; P2924B; W239; S5591; W234.