A Demonstration of the Truth of that Discipline, which Christ Hath Prescribed in His Word, for the Government of His Church, in All Times and Places, Until the End of the World. July-November 1588

Published in 1588, this polemical work by the Puritan minister John Udall represents a significant contribution to the Marprelate controversy, a series of anonymous pamphlets attacking the episcopal hierarchy of the Church of England. Written in the context of increasing tension between the Elizabethan religious establishment and radical Puritan factions, the text argues for the adoption of a Presbyterian form of church government as the only model biblically ordained by Christ.

The work was designed as a systematic, scholarly defense of nonconformist principles intended to persuade both the clergy and the lay public of the necessity of reform. While its rigorous, argumentative style was characteristic of the era's theological debates, the publication drew immediate negative attention from the authorities. Udall's direct challenge to the authority of bishops led to his subsequent trial and imprisonment, illustrating the volatile intersection of theological dissent and political censorship during the late sixteenth century.