Davenant Republished

Dr. Alan Clifford writes that Quinta Press is going to make Bishop John Davenant’s excellent treatise on a Dissertation on the Death of Christ available to a new generation of readers. Here is Clifford's introduction:

INTRODUCTION TO DAVENANT’S DISSERTATION ON THE DEATH OF CHRIST

Clifford, citing Allport, notes that:

"...Davenant was probably the most eminent of the five English Deputies commissioned by King James I to attend the famous Synod [of Dort]. A graduate of Cambridge University, John Davenant (1576-1641) received his DD at the age of thirty-three and was elected Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity in 1609. Later, in 1621, the King appointed him Bishop of Salisbury, a position he was to occupy until his death in 1641."

[HT: DWP]

UPDATE: My friend Martin has commented that Davenant's above work is already available HERE.

UPDATE on 8-21-07: Some of John Davenant's writings can be found online for free HERE.