Reference code
DWL/RB/v.146
Other numbers
former reference:Treatises, v.15
Level of description
item
Title
Baxter’s duty of propagating true religion against Spinoza and Hobbes
Date
1680
Extent and Medium
Extent:ff 74-75 305 x 193 mm.
Genre/Physical Characteristic:W/m: post horn in an ornate shield
paper yellowish brown
Creator
Scope and content
17 arguments on propagating true religion against Spinoza and Hobbes, in Baxter's hand. This appears to be the paper returned to Baxter by John Tillotson in his letter of 2 June 1680 [Corr 1052].
Finding aids
Argent / Black v.146 (also listed as v.15); Thomas p.17
Publication note
- For Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury (1588- 1679), the political theorist, see ODNB, and Corr 79, 80, 81, 1012 and 1052. For Baruch Spinoza (1632-77), the Dutch Jewish philosopher, see ODCC. See also Corr 1052.
- For Edward Stillingfleet (1635-99) see ODNB, Rel iii, 19, iii 187 and Corr 704, 803, 810, 832, 912, 925, 937, 967, 1009, 1051, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1077, 1079 and 1246.
- For John Tillotson (1630-94), Dean of Canterbury from 1670, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691, see ODNB, Corr 525, 801, 803, 811, 880, 937, 967, 1151, 1160, 1227, 1260, McElligott and Rel iii, 19.
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