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The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed and Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered — Roger Williams

The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed and Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered

Roger Williams

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 528 pages

Roger Williams’s The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution is a 1644 treatise written as a dialogue between Truth and Peace. It defends freedom of conscience and the separation of church and state, answering John Cotton’s letter on persecution for religious belief. It remains a notable early argument for toleration.

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THE
HANSERD KNOLLYS SOCIETY,
FOR THE
PUBLICATION OF THE WORKS OF EARLY ENGLISH AND OTHER
BAPTIST WRITERS.
Treasurer.
CHARLES JONES, EǪǟ.
Honorary Secretaries.
EDWARD B. UNDERHILL, EǪǟ.
Rŧ΄. WILLIAM JONES.
Secretary.

Mǡ. GEORGE OFFOR, JǼƿ.
Council.
Rŧ΄. J. ACWORTH, LL.D.
— JOSEPH ANGUS, M.A.
— C. M. BIRRELL.
— CALEB EVANS BIRT, M.A.
— WILLIAM HENRY BLACK.
— WILLIAM BROCK.
— THOMAS BURDITT.
— JABEZ BURNS, D.D.
— F. A. COX, D.D., LL.D.
— T. S. CRISP.
— B. DAVIES, Pƒ. D.
— B. EVANS.
— B. GODWIN, D.D.
— F. W. GOTCH, M.A.
— W. GROSER.
— J. H. HINTON, M.A.
— J. HOBY, D.D.
CHARLES THEODORE JONES, EǪǟ.
G. F. KEMP, EǪǟ.
GEORGE LOWE, EǪǟ. F.R.S.
Rŧ΄. W. H. MURCH, D.D.
— J. P. MURSELL.
— THOMAS FOX NEWMAN.
GEORGE OFFOR, EǪǟ.
Rŧ΄. G. H. ORCHARD.

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Contents

  1. THE BLOUDY TENENT OF PERSECUTION.
  2. A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.
  3. A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE BOOK.
  4. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BOTH HOUSES OF THE HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT.
  5. TO EVERY COURTEOUS READER.
  6. SCRIPTURES AND REASONS, WRITTEN LONG SINCE BY A WITNESS OF JESUS CHRIST, CLOSE PRISONER IN NEWGATE, AGAINST PERSECUTION
  7. THE ANSWER OF MR. JOHN COTTON, OF BOSTON, IN NEW ENGLAND, TO THE AFORESAID ARGUMENTS AGAINST PERSECUTION FOR CAUSE OF CO
  8. A REPLY TO THE AFORESAID ANSWER OF MR. COTTON, IN A CONFERENCE BETWEEN TRUTH AND PEACE.
  9. A MODEL OF CHURCH AND CIVIL POWER; COMPOSED BY MR. COTTON AND THE MINISTERS OF NEW ENGLAND, AND SENT TO THE CHURCH AT SA
  10. TO THE IMPARTIAL READER.[229]
  11. MR. COTTON’S LETTER EXAMINED AND ANSWERED.
  12. FOOTNOTES
  13. ERRATA.
  14. THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HANSERD KNOLLYS SOCIETY, FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE WORKS OF EARLY ENGLISH AND OTHER BAP
  15. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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