A fascinating sammelband of rare pamphlets, including on the soul by philosopher and brother of John Henry Newman, Francis William Newman, on Creation [engaged with Charles Darwin]; on Gog and Magog and Israel; on the divisive election of renowned atheist Charles Bradlaugh [two works]; a work on a Baptist reproof of Swedenborgian views of the Soul; and a work on Christ by Particular Baptist J. C. Philpot.
Newman, Francis William. The Soul, Its Sorrows and its Aspirations: An Essay Towards the Natural History of the Soul, as the True Basis of Theology. London. John Chapman. 1852. 162pp.
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Kelly, William. The Creation: A Lecture on Genesis 1-2. London. W. H. Broom. 48pp.
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Scott, Walter. The Eastern or Jewish Question Considered: What the Bible Says About Coming Events. 1. The Eastern or Jewish Question Stated. 2. The Eastern or Jewish Question Prophetically Considered. 3. Gog or Russia. 4. Coming Events. 5. The Noted Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks of Daniel. 6. A Short Account of the Island of Cyprus. London. Alfred Holness. 1879. 32pp
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Varley, Henry. Mr. Bradlaugh Shown to be Utterly Unfit to Represent any English Constituency. An Appeal to the Men of England. Addressed to Men Generally. London. John F. Shaw & Co. 1881. 20pp.
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Sincero [Pseud.] Mr. Bradlaugh Hung in His Own Noose. London. W. H. Guest. c.1881. 16pp.
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Bayley, J. The Scriptural Resurrection, Asserted and Defended According to the Views of the New Jerusalem Church. Being a Reply to the Pamphlet Lately Published by Mr. Poynder, Minister of the Particular Baptists, Lockwood, Entitled The Doctrine of the Resurrection Proved from the Scriptures to be Opposed to the Swedenborgian Heresy. Accrington. Printed by W. Hutchinson. 1836. 76pp.
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Philpot, J. C. The True, Proper, and Eternal Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-Begotten Son of God. London. J. Gadsby. 1861. 79pp.
Very attractive half leather with some rubbing, a bit cracked at hinges, but solid, clean, and a fascinating volume of pamphlets. Period ex library bookplate on pastedown.