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REPLY1850

Eachard's Tracts

By C.

The Rev. George Wyatt, who inquires (No. 20. p. 320.) about Eachard's *Tracts*, will probably get all the information he wants from the Life of Eachard prefixed to the collected edition of his *Works* in three volumes, which I am sorry I have not the means at present of referring to. "I.O.," to whom the last of the tracts is addressed, is Dr. John Owen. Philatus (what objection is there to Latinising, in the usual way, the Greek termination os?) is, of course, intended for Hobbes; and, to convey Eachard's opinion of him, his opponent in the Dialogue is Timothy, a God-honourer. Let me add, as y…

Topics: Tracts, Authorship, Clergy, Dialogue

Locations: Canterbury