[RELIGION, POLITICAL AUTONOMY] Wise, John

A Vindication of the Government of New-England Churches [bound with] The Churches Quarrel Espoused [bound with] A Platform of Church Discipline [bound with] A Confession of Faith

Boston: John Boyles, 1772.

16mo, 217 pp (continuously paged) + subscribers list. Contemporary full calf binding. A good copy: front joint partially cracked, lacking free endpapers; text clean and binding sound. Wise, a Congregational minister and political activist, was known for his colorful rhetoric and vigorous defense of the right of individual congregations to self-governance -- which he linked directly to political autonomy. His eloquent defense of American liberty made his most influential pamphlets, the Churches Quarrel (first published in 1710) and A Vindication (first published 1717) particularly appealing to readers in 1772 as the colonial crisis worsened.
Grolier American 100 #7 (referring to the first edition of the Vindication); Sabin 104901; Howes W-595.

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