The essential rights and liberties of Protestants
Subtitle: A seasonable plea for the liberty of conscience, and the right of private judgment, in matters of religion, without any controul from human authority. Being a letter, from a gentleman in the Massachusetts-Bay to his friend in Connecticut. Wherein some thoughts on the origin, end, and extent of the civil power, with brief considerations on several late laws in Connecticut, are humbly offered
By: By a lover of truth and liberty. ; [Five lines of quotations]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 5520
Publisher: Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green in Queenstreet.
Published: 1744
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Protestantism; Liberty of conscience; Freedom of religion; Church history
Notes: Signed on p. 66: Philalethes. Attributed to Elisha Williams by Evans. Sometimes attributed to Thomas Cushing.

Signatures: [A]1 B-I⁴ K1.

Two states noted; one with seven lines of errata on p. 66, the other with eight.

Evans 5520