Elys edmund (3 resultados)

Condición: Good. 2010 reprint EEBO Editions (Ann Arbor, Mich.), 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall paperbound in slick printed wraps, [6], 12, [1], 27 [1]. Slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy of this facsimile edition. Two short works, bound together, are reprinted here. Full title: 'Justifying faith: or, That faith by which the just do live, briefly describ'd in a discourse on 1 Joh. 5.12. By the author of a late book, entitled Summum bonum, or, An explication of the divine goodness, &c. To this discourse is added, an abstract of some letters to an eminent learned person, concerning the excellency of the Book of common prayer, &c.' (London: printed for William Crook, at the sign of the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar, 1679). ESTC (No. R204257) locates only three copies worldwide. ~JJ~. …

Leather bound. Condición: Very good. 1st Edition 1st Printing. 14p. Bound in half blue leather and marbled boards by Kerr & Richardson of Glasgow, probably in the late 19th century. Touch of rubbing to spine edges else a clean, tight, unmarked hardcover book in very good condition. A slim pamphlet written in response to the work of French ecclesiastic historian Louise Ellies Du Pin, arguing that the famous Testimonium Flavianum passage in Josephus was a later addition to the original manuscript. The first edition is rare with WorldCat locating only four copies worldwide (three in Britain and one in the USA).…

ELYS, Edmund. A Vindication of the Doctrine Concerning the Light Within, against the Objections of George Keith. In his Book, Entitled, The Deism of W. Penn, and his Brethren Expos'd. London: T. Sowle, 1699. Small 4to. Only edition. 8pp. 3/4 morocco bound birch boards, raised spine bands, John Carter Brown Library plate on front pastedown, else very good or better. WING E698. ESTC R19149. Scarce to the trade, with only two recorded instances of sales, last appearance over 24 years ago. Edmund Elys (1633 - 1708), was an outspoken English clergyman known for his open mindedness with religious tolerance in England. He wrote many pamphlets defending both Quakersm and Catholicism against popular thought, trying to balance opinions with heavily influenced ideals from figures such as John Locke and Henry More. Of particular note, Elys was a friend of the Quakers and wrote against anti-Quaker leaders such as George Keith. This is the second pamphlet written in support of the Quakers and, although short, it encompasses Keith's arguments against Penn and incorporates points from both Penn and Barclay's works on Quakerism. Elys writes to try and urge his audience against the hypocritical and overzealous points of Keith's blind hatred toward the Quakers. ".it is so Evident to Me that it was My Duty, that I Rejoice, and am Exceeding Glad, whenever I Hear My self Reproach'd (as I have been by many, particularly by G. Keith) - for this Consciencious Undertaking: And I would rather lay down my Life, then Promise, or Ingage my self Not to Publish this present Writing." (p. 8).…