The holy court in five tomes: the first, treating of motives, which should excite men of quality to Christian perfection. The second, of the prelate, souldier, states-man, and lady. The third, of maxims of Christianity against prophanesse, divided into three parts, viz. divinity, government of this life, & state of the other world. The fourth, containing the command of reason over the passions. The fifth, containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers; taken both out of the Old and New Testament, and other modern authours. Written in French by Nicholas Caussin, S.J. Translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others

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  • The holy court in five tomes: the first, treating of motives, which should excite men of quality to Christian perfection. The second, of the prelate, souldier, states-man, and lady. The third, of maxims of Christianity against prophanesse, divided into three parts, viz. divinity, government of this life, & state of the other world. The fourth, containing the command of reason over the passions. The fifth, containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers; taken both out of the Old and New Testament, and other modern authours. Written in French by Nicholas Caussin, S.J. Translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others
  • Cour sainte. English
  • Holy court. The second tome; Holy court. Maxims of Christianity, ... The third tome; Holy court, the command of reason over the passionsDT ... The fourth tome; Historicall observations upon the four principall passions; Holy court. ... The fifth tome; Angel of peace to all Christian princes
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London : printed for John Williams, at the Crown in St. Pauls Churcc-yard, MDCCLXIII. [1663] The third edition.; ..
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T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, -1640, tr.
Publication year
1663
ESTC No.
R226890
Grub Street ID
99811
Description
[24], 628, 625-627, 630-634, [2], 635-841, [3], 841-855, [15] p., [1] leaf of plates : ports. ; 2°.
Note
Translation, by Sir Thomas Hawkins, of: Caussin, Nicolas. Cour sainte

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"The holy court. The second tome,", "The holy court. Maxims of Christianity, ... The third tome.", "The holy court, the command of reason over the passionsDT ... The fourth tome.", "Historicall observations upon the four principall passions", "The holy court. ... The fifth tome.", and "The angel of peace to all Christian princes." each have separate title page, with imprint "printed anno Domini. MDCLXIII.", on leaves X2r, 2T3r, 3U2r, 4K5r, 4N1r, and 5N4r, respectively.