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.

Author

Fox, George, 1624-1691.

Publication

[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 14, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the READER.
• AN INDEX OF THE Priests & Professors false Principles & Assertions, which R. W. bringeth in his Book (from G. F.'s Fol.) with his own Replies and other Matters contained in the
  • FIRST PART.
  • AN INDEX OF THE Priests & Professors, & R.W.'s False Principles & Assertions With other Matters contained in the Second Part, OR ANSWER to R.W.'s APPENDIX.
• A New-England Fire-brand Quenched: OR, An Answer to a Lying, Slanderous Book Printed at Boston in the Year 1676. by one Roger Williams of Providence in New-England; which he Dedi∣cateth to the KING, with Desires, That (if the most-High please) Old and New-England may flourish, when the Pope and Mahomet, Rome and Constantinople are in their Ashes, &c.
• title page
• A NEW-ENGLAND▪ Fire-brand Quenched: Or, an Answer to Roger Williams APPENDIX.
• POST-SCRIPT.
• A CATALOGUE OF R. W.'s Envious, Malitious, Scornful RAILING STVFF, false Accusations and BLASPHEMIES, which he Foully and Un-Christian-like hath scattered and dispersed throughout his Book, and calls it Scripture-Language, as followeth.
  • See further R. W.'s Railery, Lies, Scorn and Blasphemies from his APPENDIX, as followeth:
• [R. W.'s Temporizing Spirit made manifest]
• TWO LETTERS, one of William Coddington of Rode-Island and the other of Richard Scot of Providence in New-England testifying against R. Williams aforesaid and his Slanderous and Wicked Book.
  • [Part of W. C's Letter Concerning R. W.]
  • Followeth the Letter of R. S. concerning R. W. viz: Friends,
• SOME TESTIMONIES of Ancient and Mo∣dern Authors concerning the LIGHT, SCRIP∣TURES, RULE and the SOUL of Man.
  • Testimonies concerning the LIGHT within.
  • Testimonies concerning the SCRIPTURES.
  • Testimonies concerning the RULE.
  • Testimonies concerning the SOUL.
• ERRATA.