Short Easy Method Deists Easie (2 results)

Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A collection of four important religious and philosophical works by Charles Leslie, bound together here in one volume. A selection of four religious works by Charles Leslie bound together in one volume.Charles Leslie was a leading Jacobite propagandist during and after the 1688 Revolution.'A Short and Easy Method With the Deists', published in 1745, the ninth edition of this work. ESTC citation number T14167.An interesting study of deism, a classic theological and philosophical work. Deism is a rational theology that rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge. The movement become more popular during the Age of Enlightenment with notable Western philosophers. This work, first published in 1694, became an important part of the deism position during the eighteenth century.'A Short and Easie Method With the Jews', published in 1737, the eighth edition of this work. ESTC citation number T14202.'The Truth of Christianity Demonstrated', published in 1726, the sixth edition of this work. ESTC citation number T14189.'A Dissertation Concerning Private Judgment and Authority', published in 1726, the third edition of this work. ESTC citation number T14190.Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink to the recto and verso of the front endpaper, noting the life of the author.Six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with some discolouration and rubbing to the boards and spine. Light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. A few small cracks to the joints. Lacking the spine label. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink to the recto and verso of the front endpaper, noting the life of the author. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some odd spots. Good. book.

Condition: ESTC N22554. DNB. 8vo. 4.5 x 7 inches. [6] + xiv + 52 pp.; [4] + [2] + vii + [7] + 222 pp. + [2] pp. advertisements. Half-title and advertisement page at beginning. Separate title pages for The Deists, The Fourth Edition, 1711 and for The Jews, The Third Edition Corrected, 1715 and separate pagination and register. Bound in original calf with blind stamped decorative panel on boards; spine divided into compartments by raised bands. Extremities worn and hinges and joints weak. Some edge stains and worming in margins from rear paste down, diminishing to front, not affecting legibility of text. Early ownership inscriptions of Mary Harvey and flourishes on front and rear paste downs. Slight spotting but otherwise a fine copy. 'The best known of his apologetical works was the Short Method with the Deists (1694), which.became a classic theological resigns to deism and continued to be reprinted well into the nineteenth century' (DNB). It defended Trinitarian orthodoxy, the principle of satisfaction and the historicity of the biblical miracles. The second part on The Jews (dated 1689) reiterates the arguments for the Christian Gospels fulfilling the Jewish law but also draws parallels between the Jews and the reformed protestant religions which rejected episcopacy. Although published anonymously, these two works are known to have been written by Charles Leslie (1650-1722), a nonjuring Church of Ireland clergyman, who later resided in England. In spite of his opposition to Roman Catholicism, he became a strong Jacobite and tory supporter after the Revolution of 1688-89, spending several periods in exile abroad and serving as protestant chaplain to the exiled Stuart court in France and Italy. He was a prolific writer on political and theological subjects. This combination of the two editions is scarce and ESTC records copies in only two UK libraries, Worcester College, Oxford and the Brotherton, Leeds. HISTORY/THEOLOGY THEOLOGY THEOLOGY- 18TH CENTURY HISTORY/THEOLOGY.