The reasonableness of toleration, and the unreasonableness of penal laws and tests. : Wherein is prov'd by Scripture, reason and antiquity, that liberty of conscience is the undoubted right of every man, and tends to the flourishing of kingdoms and commonwealths; and that persecution for meer religion is unwarrantable, unjust, and destructive to humane society. With examples of both kinds. Offer'd to the consideration of a person of honour.
1687
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The reasonableness of toleration, and the unreasonableness of penal laws and tests. : Wherein is prov'd by Scripture, reason and antiquity, that liberty of conscience is the undoubted right of every man, and tends to the flourishing of kingdoms and commonwealths; and that persecution for meer religion is unwarrantable, unjust, and destructive to humane society. With examples of both kinds. Offer'd to the consideration of a person of honour.
Created/published
London : Printed for John Harris at the Harrow against the Church in the Poultrey, 1687.
Description
[2], 40 [i.e. 38] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Penn, William, 1644-1718, attributed name.
Note
Sometimes attributed to William Penn.
P. 38 is misnumbered 40.
Signatures: A-E⁴.
Identified as Wing P1352 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700".
P. 38 is misnumbered 40.
Signatures: A-E⁴.
Identified as Wing P1352 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700".
ESTC staff note
On the Wing CD-Rom, under the cancelled Wing number P1352, the cross-reference is given in error as R463A instead of R463aA.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004. Voices for Tolerance in an Age of Persecution (catalog entry 113)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), R463aA
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23116
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23116
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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P1352
Folger-specific note
180851. (Disbound.) Unopened and untrimmed. Manuscript markings