Examination of the Grounds or Causes which are said to induce the Court of Boston in New-England to make that Order or Law of Banishment upon pain of Death against the Quakers
Length About 38,900 words, about 3 hours.
Penington's answer (1660) to the Boston court in New England and its defence of the law banishing Quakers on pain of death, under which two Quakers had already been executed; it examines the grounds the court and John Norton put forward.
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- An Examination of the Grounds or Causes which are said to induce the Court of Boston in New-England to make that Order or Law of Banishment upon pain of Death against the Quakers (Quaker Heritage Press)The Quaker Heritage Press online text, from volume 1 of their edition of Penington's Works, transcribed from the fourth edition of 1863 without modernizing its language; only some punctuation and the form of Scripture references were changed. Their print edition's page numbers are marked in the text. Free to read in the browser.
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E.PB6SVH.HReport - PDF An Examination of the Grounds or Causes which are said to induce the Court of Boston in New-England to make that Order or Law of Banishment upon pain of Death against the Quakers (Internet Archive (Works, 1863, vol. 1)) PD1863Volume 1 of the fourth edition of the Works (four volumes, 1863), where this piece is printed among others. A Google scan of a library copy on the Internet Archive.
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