A general testimony to the everlasting truth of God: partly intended for the iuh[a]bitants [sic] of Nether-Broughton in the county of Leicester : wherein there is some short relation of the manner of my convincement, and also, some few of the sufferings which were inflicted upon me by some of the said inhabitants for my faithful testimony, which I bare for God and his blessed truth : with copies of two letters sent to the spiritual or ecclesiastical court (so called) in Leicester or ele-where [sic], where they are found persecuting the innocent for their consciences to God : and the court's answer, whereby their cruelty may be seen, and also how willing they are to keep men in prison, and how unwilling or unable they are to give a reason of their faith concerning their practice, church and worship : with a postscript to them and the priests /

A general testimony to the everlasting truth of God: partly intended for the iuh[a]bitants [sic] of Nether-Broughton in the county of Leicester : wherein there is some short relation of the manner of my convincement, and also, some few of the sufferings which were inflicted upon me by some of the said inhabitants for my faithful testimony, which I bare for God and his blessed truth : with copies of two letters sent to the spiritual or ecclesiastical court (so called) in Leicester or ele-where [sic], where they are found persecuting the innocent for their consciences to God : and the court's answer, whereby their cruelty may be seen, and also how willing they are to keep men in prison, and how unwilling or unable they are to give a reason of their faith concerning their practice, church and worship : with a postscript to them and the priests /

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Author / Creator:	Willsford, John
Imprint:	[London] printed : [s.n.], 1677.
Description:	19 p.
Language:	English
Series:	Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1110:14.
Subject:	Society of Friends -- Apologetic works. Freedom of religion -- England -- Controversial literature. Persecution -- England. Freedom of religion. Persecution. Society of Friends. England. Apologetic writings. Controversial literature.
Format:	Microform Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1238923

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Notes:	Attributed to Wilsford by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints. Imperfect: stained, with some loss of print. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. Wing W2871 Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1980. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1110:14)

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