The Danger of the Church-Establishment of England, from the Insolence of Protestant Dissenters
Subtitle: Wherein it appears from their late Writings, that they have attempted to subvert the Liturgy, the Canons, Articles, and the whole Discipline of the Church of England; to Ruin the Reputation of the Universities and the Episcopal Clergy, and to inflame theMinds of the People against the Establish'd Form of Church-Government in this Kingdom : With short Remarks upon every Chapter : In a Letter to Sir John Smith
By: By the Author of the Scourge [i.e. Thomas Lewis] ....
Publisher: Printed for Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard
Published: 1718
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Smith, John, -- 1655-1723.; The Scourge.
Notes: Signed at end: 'Tho. Lewis'; printer's note of books 'Just Publish'd' follows.

The DNB records of this author that, in 1717,'he established a periodical publication entitled 'The Scourge, in vindication of the Church of England'. This sheet, which appeared every Monday, was characterised by violent and trenchant abuse of dissenters,broad churchmen, and papists alike'; the controversy that ensued resulted in the present defiant pamhlet from Lewis, in the 'Letter to Sir John Smith', who had been his accuser in the matter of the 'Scourge'.

F.W. Hope's 'Catalogue of Early Newspapers' records that 'The first number of the Scourge, a Jacobite and High Church paper written and conducted by the Rev. Thomas Lewis, was published on Monday, Feb. 4, 1717, and was continued to the forty-third paper,Nov. 25'.

Caption and running title: 'The Danger of the Church-Establishment, &c.'.

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