TEELLINCK, WILLEM.

Alle de Werken Van Mr. VVillem Teellinck, J.U.D. In sijn leven Predikant tot Middelburgh in Zeelant. [Second title-page:] Het eerste stuck van de wercken van Mr. VVillem Teellinck (...) Sijnde het eerste deel van sijne tractaten over sekere texten der H. Schrift.

Utrecht, Gedruckt voor de erfgenamen van Mr. Willem Teellinck, 1659.

4to. In contemporary full calf with three raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, scratches and a few wormholes to boards. First and last leaf slightly browned but otherwise internally very nice and clean. (18), 1048, (4), (1049)-1213, (38) pp.

First edition of Teelinck’s intended “complete works” which were published by his sons three years after he passed away. Only three parts were published and his complete works were never published. Teellinck produced 127 manuscripts in all, of which only 60 were printed.
Willem Teellinck (1579-1629) was one of the earliest leaders of the Dutch Nadere Reformatie, also often called the second Dutch reformation. He placed a heavy emphasis on the absolute necessity of personal conversion. Teellinck is a direct link between English Puritanism and Dutch Reformed thought. He was himself converted in England and was deeply moved by the Puritan emphasis on God as the centre of one’s whole life.

Order-nr.: 61626