Original Wraps. 8vo. [315-326] (ie. 7) pages. 24 cm. Offprint. “The Assimilation of Machiavelli in English Thought: The Casuistry of William Perkins and William Ames, ” in Huntington Library Quarterly, XVII, 4, August 1954. 'Shows that Machiavellian policy coincided with the Christian policy of the seventeenth-century Protestant casuists William Perkins (The Works of William Perkins – collected sermons) and William Ames (The Marrow of Sacred Divinity, A Fresh Suit of Human Ceremonies...) in justifying un-Christian actions with Christian ends, offering a practical divinity parallel to Machiavelli's practical statecraft. Discussion centers primarily on the various casuistic arguments of Perkins and Ames, with notes referring to their works and to criticism on the casuists. ' (#301; Niccolo Machiavelli: An Annotated Bibliography; edited by Silvia Ruffo-Fiore) . Subjects: Casuistry – Machiavelli. William Perkins – William Ames – Machiavelli. Protestantism – Puritanism - Christian Thought – Reformation – Statecraft. None on oclc. Fresh and clean. Very good condition. (MOSS-1-16) Xxxx