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An historical preface to Primitive Christianity reviv'd. With an Appendix Containing An Account of the Author's Prosecution at, and Banishment from the University of Cambridge. By William Whiston, M.A.

by William Whiston

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;background:#FFFFFF;">8vo. ff. [3] (first blank), pp. 116, 35, [5], f. [1] (blank). Signatures: A-G8 H2 A-B8 C4. Calf. Remnants of lettering panels on spine. </span><span class="marclinepart"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;">The five final pages contain "Proposals for printing by subscription, Mr. Whiston’s Collection" before the errata list.</span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#212529;">This work is the first part of a 1711-1712 dispute the English theologian William Whiston (1667-1752) had with Johann Ernest Grabe </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">(see Bib# 4102654-4102657/Fr# 86-89 in this colle

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