A New-England-fire-brand quenched being something in answer unto a lying, slanderous book, entituled, George Fox digged out of his burrows, &c. printed at Boston in the year 1676, of one Roger Williams of Providence in New-England ... : of a dispute upon XIV, of his proposals held and debated betwixt him, the said Roger Williams, on the one part, and John Stubs, William Edmundson, and John Burnyeat on the other at Providence and Newport in Rode-Island, in the year 1672 where his proposals are turn'd upon his own head, and there and here he was and is sufficiently confuted : in two parts : as also, something in answer to R.W.'s Appendix, &c. with a post-script confuting his blasphemous assertions ... : also, the letters of W. Coddington of Rode-Island, and R. Scot of Providence in New-England concerning R.W. and lastly, some testimonies of ancient & modern authors concerning the light, Scriptures, rule & the soul of men / by George Fox and John Burnyeat.

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A New-England-fire-brand quenched being something in answer unto a lying, slanderous book, entituled, George Fox digged out of his burrows, &c. printed at Boston in the year 1676, of one Roger Williams of Providence in New-England ... : of a dispute upon XIV, of his proposals held and debated betwixt him, the said Roger Williams, on the one part, and John Stubs, William Edmundson, and John Burnyeat on the other at Providence and Newport in Rode-Island, in the year 1672 where his proposals are turn'd upon his own head, and there and here he was and is sufficiently confuted : in two parts : as also, something in answer to R.W.'s Appendix, &c. with a post-script confuting his blasphemous assertions ... : also, the letters of W. Coddington of Rode-Island, and R. Scot of Providence in New-England concerning R.W. and lastly, some testimonies of ancient & modern authors concerning the light, Scriptures, rule & the soul of men / by George Fox and John Burnyeat.
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Fox, George, 1624-1691.
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[London :: s.n.],
1678.
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Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683. -- George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes.
Society of Friends -- Controversial literature.
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"A New-England-fire-brand quenched being something in answer unto a lying, slanderous book, entituled, George Fox digged out of his burrows, &c. printed at Boston in the year 1676, of one Roger Williams of Providence in New-England ... : of a dispute upon XIV, of his proposals held and debated betwixt him, the said Roger Williams, on the one part, and John Stubs, William Edmundson, and John Burnyeat on the other at Providence and Newport in Rode-Island, in the year 1672 where his proposals are turn'd upon his own head, and there and here he was and is sufficiently confuted : in two parts : as also, something in answer to R.W.'s Appendix, &c. with a post-script confuting his blasphemous assertions ... : also, the letters of W. Coddington of Rode-Island, and R. Scot of Providence in New-England concerning R.W. and lastly, some testimonies of ancient & modern authors concerning the light, Scriptures, rule & the soul of men / by George Fox and John Burnyeat." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A40216.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2025.

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A New-England-Fire-brand QUENCHED.

The Second Part.

BEING Something in ANSWER to Roger Williams his APPENDIX: Wherein he hath taken and pickt up some of G. F.'s words, and some of G. F.'s Old Per∣secutors here and there, that writ against him and the People of God called QUAKERS, what he thinketh he can pick out for his own Advantage; who is of the same Spirit, as they that writ against us, and persecuted us in Oliver's Days. With a — POST-SCRIPT Confuting his Blasphemous Asserti∣ons, viz: Of the BLOOD of CHRIST, that was Shed, its being Corruptible and Corrupted: and that SALVATION was by a Man, that was Corruptible. Where-unto is added aCATALOGUE of R. W.'s Envious, Malitious, Scorn∣ful Railing Staff, false Accusations and Blasphemies, which he foully and Un-Christian-like hath Scattered and Dispersed throughout his Book, and calls it Scripture-Language. Together with the —LETTERS of W. Coddington and Rich. Scot of Pro∣vidence in New-England, testifying against the said R. Williams and his Slanderous and Wicked Book. And Lastly some —TESTIMONIES of Antient and Modern Authors concerning the LIGHT, SCRIPTURES, RULE and the SOUL of Man. By George Fox and John Burnyeat.

In the Year M DC LXXVIII.

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