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Author	Care, Henry, 1646-1688.
Title	An answer to a paper importing a petition of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and six other bishops, to His Majesty : touching their not distributing and publishing the late declaration for liberty of conscience. With allowance.
Publication Info.	London : Printed by Henry Hills, printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, for His houshold and chappel; and are to be sold at his printing-house of the Ditch-side in Black-Friers, 1688.

Location	Call No.	Status
Rare Books Sharp	Sharp M423 C3	IN LIBRARY

Description	31, [1] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note	Signatures: A-D⁴ E².
	Printed marginalia.
	Attributed to Henry Care.
	The Archbishop of Canterbury = William Sancroft.
	The petition, signed by Sancroft and six bishops and dated 18 May 1688, concerned the reading in church of James II's declaration of liberty of conscience.
Indexed In:	ESTC R35842
Local Note	NYSL copy: From the John Sharp Collection.
	NYSL copy: Bound with: Masters, Samuel. The case of allegiance in our present circumstances consider'd. London: Richard Chiswell, 1689 -- Wynn, Robert. The case of the oaths stated. London : Ric. Chiswell, 1689 -- [and 6 other titles]. Bound together subsequent to publication.
Subject	Church and state -- Church of England -- Early works to 1800.
	Nonjurors -- Early works to 1800.
	Liberty of conscience -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Genre or Form	Dates (Provenance) -- 18th century.
Added Author	W, H., bookseller.
	Hills, Henry, -1713, printer.
	Sharp, John, A.M. Chaplain to the Queen's forces in the province of New-York, former owner. ZNS
	Sharp Collection (New York Society Library). ZNS

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