Several Discourses: ... By ... Benjamin Whichcot, ... Examined and Corrected by his own Notes; and Published by John Jeffery, ... Volume III. of 4; Volume 3

by Benjamin Whichcote

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British Library

T116450

Vol. 1 is dated 1701, vol. 2 1702, vol. 3 1703 and vol. 4 1707. In vols. 2-4 the author's surname is spelled Whichcote. Imprint of vol. 4: Printed by W. Botham; for James Knapton. Vol. 4 omits the reference to Jeffery. Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Ear

London : printed for James Knapton, 1701-07. 4v. : ill., ports. ; 8°

464 pages, Hardcover

Published April 17, 2018

About the author

Benjamin Whichcote (1609–1683) was an English Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists. He held that man is the "child of reason" and therefore not completely depraved by nature, as Puritans held. He also argued for religious toleration.