A peaceable and temperate plea for Pavls Presbyterie in Scotland : or, a modest and brotherly dispute of the government of the Church of Scotland, wherein, our discipline is demonstrated to be the true Apostolick way of divine truth, and the arguments on the contrary are friendly dissolved, the grounds of separation and the indepencie of particular Congregations in defence of Ecclesiaticall Presbyteries, Synods and Assemblies, are examined and tryed
A 1642 London theological treatise by Samuel Rutherford, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, printed for the bookseller John Bartlet and addressed to readers defending church government by presbyteries, synods and assemblies. Its four pictures are decorative woodcut initials and a headpiece: an ornate I and C filled with scrolling foliage, a flower-and-urn strip, and a T flanked by two mermaid-like figures among leaves, offering designers historical ornament for initials and borders.
