THE

SELECT WORKS

OF

WILLIAM PENN.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

THE FOURTH EDITION.

London:

PRINTED AND SOLD BY WILLIAM PHILLIPS, GEORGE YARD,

LOMBARD STREET.

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

A Discourse of the General Rule of Faith and Practice

and Judge of Controversy; greatly importing all

those who desire to take right measures of Faith, and

to determine (at least to themselves) the numerous

Controversies now on foot in the World

A Treatise of Oaths; containing several Weighty Rea-

sons why the People called Quakers refuse to Swear.

And those confirmed by Numerous Testimonies of

Gentiles, Jews, and Christians, both Fathers, Doctors,

and Martyrs.-Presented to the King and the Great

Council of England in Parliament

The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience once more

briefly debated and defended by the Authority of

Reason, Scripture, and Antiquity: which may serve

the place of a general Reply to such late Discourses

as have opposed Toleration

A Seasonable Caveat against Popery; or, A Pamphlet,

entitled, An Explanation of the Roman Catholic

Belief, briefly examined

The Proposed Comprehension soberly and not unsea-

sonably considered

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A Letter to the Council and State of the City of Embden 198

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Wisdom Justified of her Children, from the Ignorance

and Calumny of A. Hallywel, in his Book, called,

An Account of Familism, as it is revived and propa-

gated by the Quakers

England's present Interest considered, with Honour to

the Prince and Safety to the People; in Answer to

this one Question, What is most fit, easy, and safe, at

this juncture of Affairs, to be done, for quieting of

differences, allaying the heat of contrary Interests,

and making them subservient to the interest of the

Government, and consistent with the prosperity of the

Kingdom? Submitted to the consideration of our

Superiors

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A Letter to the Princess and Countess at Hertford, in

Germany.

A Summons, or Call, to Christendom; in an earnest ex-

postulation with her, to prepare for that Great and

Notable Day of the Lord, that is at the Door..

Tender Counsel and Advice, by way of Epistle; to all

those who are sensible of their Day of Visitation, and

who have received the Call of the Lord, by the Light

and Spirit of his Son in their Hearts, to partake of

the great Salvation, wherever scattered throughout the

World.-Faith, Hope, and Charity, which overcomes

the world, be multiplied amongst you.

To all those Professors of Christianity that are exter-

nally separated from the Visible Sects and Fellowships

in the Christian World, so called, wherever hidden or

scattered: True Knowledge, which is Life Eternal,

from God the Father, through Jesus Christ, be in-

creased.

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A Tender Visitation, in the Love of God, that overcomes

the World; to all People in the High and Low

Dutch Nation, who hunger and thirst after Righteous-

ness, and desire to know and worship God in Truth

and Sincerity; containing a plain Testimony to the

ancient and apostolical Life, Way, and Worship, that

God is reviving and exalting in the Earth, in his

Spirit and Truth.

Travels in Holland and Germany.

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A Persuasive to Moderation to Church Dissenters, in

Prudence and Conscience. Humbly submitted to the

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King and his Great Council. .

Good Advice to the Church of England, Roman Catho-

lic, and Protestant Dissenter; in which it is endea

voured to be made appear, that it is their Duty, Prin-

ciple, and Interest to abolish the Penal Laws and

Tests.

Just Measures, in an Epistle of Peace and Love, to

such Professors of Truth as are under any Dissatis

faction about the present Order practised in the Church

of Christ.

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