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A short abstract of the treatise of oaths : containing several weighty reasons why the people called Quakers, refuse to swear: and those confirmed by numerous testimonies out of Gentiles, Jews, and Christians, both fathers, doctors, and martyrs. Presented to the King, and Great Council of England, assembled in Parliament: in the year 1665

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Title: A short abstract of the treatise of oaths : containing several weighty reasons why the people called Quakers, refuse to swear: and those confirmed by numerous testimonies out of Gentiles, Jews, and Christians, both fathers, doctors, and martyrs. Presented to the King, and Great Council of England, assembled in Parliament: in the year 1665

Level: Piece

Classmark: Birkbeck Library 1121

Creator(s): Penn, William (1644-1718)

Publisher: s.n

Publication city: [London]

Date(s): [1675]

Language: English

Size and medium: [iv], 24 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/428406

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012465349705181

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By William Penn.


Indexed in: Not in Wing. Smith II, 293.

Additional description

Bound with 9 other publications. Volume contents: 1. Gough, J.: Reasons why the people called Quakers do not pay tithes, [1798?] -- 2. The antient testimony of the primitive Christians, 1680 -- 3. Penn, W.: A short abstract of the treatise of oaths, [1675] -- 4. An answer to Francis Bugg's presumptuous impeachement, 1695 -- 5. Ellwood, T.: A sober reply, 1699 -- 6. To the Lords and Commons, 1704 -- 7. Besse, J.: A vindication of a book intituled A brief account of many... prosecutions, 1741 -- 8. Pearson, A.: The great case of tithes, 1762 -- 9. The prisoner's defence supported, [1798] -- 10. Penn, W.: Primitive Christianity revived, 1771

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