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NOTE1850

ERROR IN JOHNSON'S LIFE OF SELDEN

By JOHN. J. DREDGE.

In Johnson's (Geo. W.) *Memoirs of John Selden*, London, 1635, 8vo. pp. 128, 129, is a notice of Dr. Sibthorpe's celebrated Sermon preached at Northampton, and printed in 1627 with the title of *Apostolike Obedience*. After stating the difficult experienced in obtaining the necessary sanction for its publication, owing to Abp. Abbot refusing the requisite *imprimatur*, the author says that ultimately the licence was "*signed by Land himself*, and published under the title of *Apostolical Obedience*." A reference at the foot of the page to "Rushworth, p. 444," leads me to conclude that it is on…

Topics: Historical Sermons, Religious Licensing, Church Doctrine

Locations: London, Northampton, Brackley, Church of England