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[ HOWARD, ROBERT, SIR, 1626-1698 ] . A Twofold Vindication of the Archbishop of Canterbury and of the author of The history of religion... : defending the said author against the defamations of Fr. Atterbury's Sermon...
Secretly Printed: - London, Printed in the Year 1696 . 0. First edition. 8vo. [2pp.]/pp.185 . Original full leather binding. Boards very rubbed and hinges cracked, but the boards are still firmly attached and the binding sound. Old auction cutting laid down to verso of front board. Clear English text throughout. Pages are clean except for a light titde mark affecting the lower quarter. The rear endpaper also show signs of discolouration (presumably to moisture?). There is a second title page after p.10 reads: "A Vindication of His Grace, the (late) Archbishop of Canterbury [Tillotson] .. Printed in the Year, 1696." ; A third title-page after p.60 reads: "The Author of The History of Religion vindicated.. Printed in the Year, 1696." ; And a fourth title-page after p.92 reads: "A Reply to the Anonymous Edinburgh Libeller..Printed in the Year, 1696." Referenced by Wing H3006. A scarce book. ** Robert Howard (1626-1698) , dramatist, brother-in-law to Dryden, staunch Whig and Privy Councillor was described by John Evelyn as, 'a gentleman pretending to all manner of Arts and Sciences' ..Citing with approval the example of Archbishop Tillotson, he argued that Christ had established 'a religion which consults not only the eternal salvation of mens souls; but their temporal peace and security, their comfort and happiness in this world'. Howard proposed a theology of practice rather than proposition. The nature of religion necessarily linked it to 'moral righteousness' and could be resolved into the social injunction to do 'as we would be done by'. In his Twofold Vindication (1696) Howard re-emphasized these points. His concern was to promote the 'moral religion' and the 'moral Gospel' of Christ. Morality and revelation were much the same thing, simply 'diverse names, under which the same things are denoted'. " - See Newton Project Chpt. 5 .
Offered for GBP 180.00 = appr. US$ 267.30 by: Beckham Books - Book number: 33541
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