Tracts theological. I. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and vertue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. II. The life of St. Antony out of the Greek of Sr. Athanasius. III. The antiquity and tradition of mystical divinity among the Gentiles. IV. Of the guidance of the spirit of God, upon a discourse of Sir Matthew Hale's concerning it. V. An invitation to the Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into.
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- Tracts theological. I. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and vertue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. II. The life of St. Antony out of the Greek of Sr. Athanasius. III. The antiquity and tradition of mystical divinity among the Gentiles. IV. Of the guidance of the spirit of God, upon a discourse of Sir Matthew Hale's concerning it. V. An invitation to the Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into.
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- Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.
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- London, :: Printed, and are to be sold by Dan. Brown, at the Black-Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar: and Rich. Smith, at the Angel without Lincolns-Inn-Gate, near the Fields,
- 1697.
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- Anthony, -- of Egypt, Saint, ca. 250-355 or 6 -- Early works to 1800.
- Asceticism -- Early works to 1800.
- Theology -- Early works to 1800.
- Quakers -- Early works to 1800.
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"Tracts theological. I. Asceticks, or, the heroick piety and vertue of the ancient Christian anchorets and coenobites. II. The life of St. Antony out of the Greek of Sr. Athanasius. III. The antiquity and tradition of mystical divinity among the Gentiles. IV. Of the guidance of the spirit of God, upon a discourse of Sir Matthew Hale's concerning it. V. An invitation to the Quakers, to rectifie some errors, which through the scandals given they have fallen into." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B10083.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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ASCETICKS: or, The Heroick Piety and Virtue of the Ancient Christian Anchorets and Coenobites, (wherein the Begin∣ning and Progress of Contemplative Living and Religious Societies is briefly discoursed; and a true Account of the Esseans, Therapeuts, and ancient Egyptian and other Monks, collected out of the most Authentick Records.) Also the LIFE of the Famous Saint ANTONY, written in Greek by St. Athanasius, faithfully Translated into English. All Printed for the Author, for the Use and Benefit of the Society afore-said.