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freedom of religion23
persecution5
church and state in great britain4
dissenters4
church and state3
law3
church history2
churches, quaker2
martyrs2
penal laws (against nonconformists)2

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Society of Friends6
Baron, Richard (1720-1768)4
Gordon, Thomas4
Gordon, Thomas (1684-1750)4
Fox, George (1624-1691)2
Hookes, Ellis (1681)2
Tomlinson, William2
Bayly, William (1675)1
Caton, William (1636-1665)1
Davenport, Thomas1

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To the brazen-head

[1685?]

Appeal to "... change nothing of religion nor the laws, then no discontent shall here invade." Apparently a dialogue in verse between James II and an oracle. Anon.

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The prisoners vindication : with a sober expostulation and reprehension of persecutors

Gratton, John (1641-1712)

1683

Indexed in: Wing G1585B; Smith I, 860.

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Truth rescued from imposture. Or a brief reply to a meer rapsodie of lies, folly, and slander; but a pretended answer to the Tryal of W. Penn and W. Meade &c. writ and subscribed S.S

Penn, William (1644-1718); Rudyard, Thomas (1692)

1670

"S.S." is Sir Samuel Starling--cf, BM, LCNA. Author named as "W. Penn", p.71. "An appendix, wherein the fourth section of S.S., his pamphlet (intituled, The fining of that jury that gave two contr...

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The pillars of priestcraft and orthodoxy shaken : In four volumes (v.2)

Baron, Richard (1720-1768); Gordon, Thomas (1684-1750)

1768

The dedication is signed by Baron; and a notice of two further books by him appears at the end of vol. 4. Vol. 1 contains a list of 'Books just published... by E. Curl' [3pp. at end], although Edmun...

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