Penn, William, Jr.:

$17,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

NO CROSS, NO CROWN: OR SEVERAL SOBER REASONS AGAINST HAT-HONOUR, TITULAR-RESPECTS, YOU TO A SINGLE PERSON WITH THE APPAREL AND RECREATIONS OF THE TIMES: BEING INCONSISTANT WITH SCRIPTURE, REASON, AND ... The first written statement of Quaker doctrine by Pennsylvania founder and early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, William Penn. No Cross, No Crown was composed by Penn at the age of twenty-four while in solitary confinement at the Tower of London as a heretic for writing and publishing The Sandy Foundation Shaken in 1668, which seemingly refuted the trinity. No Cross, No Crown was created in two parts, the first being a guide to living in the world as a Christian according to the beliefs of the Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends), which "set out the rules for Quaker behaviour. Rejection of hat honour, titles, the vanity of apparel, and promotion of the use of 'thee' and 'thou' when addressing one another, regardless of title, were the outward hallmarks of a simpler approach to life" – DNB. The second half gathers together "Several weighty testimonies of the most famous persons for Piety, Power, and Learning as well living as dying, both Heathens and Christians of Ancient and Modern times, as an intire confirmation of this discourse to the conviction (if possible) of others, as well as the vindication of the innocent Quakers...."William Penn (1644–1718) was born into affluence as the son of Admiral Sir William Penn of the Royal Navy, a friend to Charles II a

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