A Demonstration of the Divine Authority of the Law of Nature, and of the Christian Religion. in Two Parts.
London: Printed for M. Flesher, for R. Royston, and R. Chiswell, 1681. Full-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2341531
Abrasions on boards, top corner of front endpaper removed, ink names on margin inside front cover (Richard and John Pomeroy).
xlij, [8], 427, [4] pp. A quasi-Hobbesian view of the law of nature by the Bishop of Oxford under King James II, who held Erastian views and opposed dissenters and hermetic thinkers. Parker claimed to oppose Hobbes due to his atheism, but modern scholars agree their views were similar. Wing p. 458, ESTC R7508.
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