Penn, William:

$3,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

TRUTH EXALTED; IN A SHORT, BUT SURE, TESTIMONY AGAINST ALL THOSE RELIGIONS, FAITHS, AND WORSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED AND FOLLOWED IN THE DARKNESS OF APOSTACY. - AND FOR THAT GLORIOUS LIGHT WHICH IS ... Rare third edition of William Penn's second published work, a spirited espousal of his religious beliefs above and beyond any other faiths. He discusses the condition of humanity since the fall from the Garden of Eden, criticizes Catholics for their rituals and beliefs, and attacks Protestants for their intolerance. "The passion of a new convert is clearly evident in this short pamphlet in which [William Penn] denounced the wickedness and errors of Catholics and Protestants alike and declared that Quakers alone hold the key to 'Life and Salvation.' Not yet caught up in the pamphlet war that Friends waged against their enemies, [Penn] apparently issued this blast against all other Christians out of sheer exuberance during his first months as a Quaker" - Bronner & Fraser.ESTC locates copies to nine institutions in North America, at Harvard, Haverford College, the Huntington Library, the John Carter Brown Library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, New York Public Library, UCLA, the University of Minnesota, and Yale, and to another eight institutions in Europe and the United Kingdom. A rare early work by the future founder of Pennsylvania, showing the intolerance of a new convert to the Society of Friends.

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