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Freedom of religion

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Freedom of Religion Under Bills of Rights (c2012), ed. by Paul Babie and Neville Rochow (PDF with commentary at Adelaide)
Debating the Divine: Religion in 21st Century American Democracy (Washington, DC: Center for American Progress, 2008), ed. by Sally Steenland (PDF files at americanprogress.org)
Religious Liberty: Catholic Struggles With Pluralism, by John Courtney Murray, ed. by J. Leon Hooper
- Introduction: HTML at Wayback Machine
- Chapter 1 (Leo XIII and Pius XII: Government and the Order of Religion): HTML at Georgetown
- Chapter 2 (The Problem of Religious Freedom): HTML at Georgetown
- Chapter 3 (The Issue of Church and State at Vatican Council II): HTML at Georgetown
- Chapter 4 (Arguments for the Human Right to Religious Freedom): HTML at Georgetown
Exposing the Modern Secret Way of Persecuting Christians in Order to Hush the Voice of Truth: Insane Hospitals are Inquisition Houses; All Heaven is Interested in This Crime (Boston: Printed for the author, 1859), by Elizabeth T. Stone (multiple formats at archive.org)
Religious liberty library. (International Religious Liberty Association., 1892), by Washington Religious Liberty Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Le régime de la liberté des cultes dans le département du Calvados, pendant la première séparation (1795-1802) (F. Alcan, 1921), by Raoul Patry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Penn and religious liberty ([Ketterlinus], 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
Trial of C.B. Reynolds for blasphemy, at Morristown, N.J., May 19th and 20th, 1887 (New York : C.P. Farrell, publisher, 1913., 1913), by Robert Green Ingersoll and I. N. Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
Essay on indifference in matters of religion. (J. Macqueen, 1895), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais and Lord Stanley of Alderley (page images at HathiTrust)
Secularism is the will of God; an essay in the social philosophy of democracy and religion. (Twayne Publishers, 1954), by Horace Meyer Kallen (page images at HathiTrust)
Religion under the barons of Baltimore; being a sketch of ecclesiastical affairs from the founding of the Maryland colony in 1634 to the formal establishment of the Church of England in 1692 ... (E. A. Lycett, 1899), by C. Ernest Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
La liberté religieuse (Charpentier, 1858), by Édouard Laboulaye (page images at HathiTrust)
T︠S︡erkovʹ i gosudarstvo v Rossīi; sbornik stateĭ. (Izd. T-va I.D. Sytina, 1907), by S. P. Melʹgunov (page images at HathiTrust)
Law and government : the origin, nature, extent, and necessity of divine and human government, and of religious liberty. (C. M. Saxton, 1849), by Harmon Kingsbury (page images at HathiTrust)
The liberty of the press, speech, and public worship : being commentaries on the liberty of the subject and the laws of England (Macmillan and Co., 1880), by James Paterson (page images at HathiTrust)
Constitutional free speech defined and defended in an unfinished argument in a case of blasphemy (Free speech league, 1919), by Theodore Schroeder (page images at HathiTrust)
The old Whig: (Printed for W. Wilkins, A. Ward, R. Hett, A. Millar, and J. Gray, 1739), by Samuel Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
Historia y política (1869-1887) ... (Impr. Alemana, 1914), by Juan Valera (page images at HathiTrust)
Church and state in the United States; or, The American idea of religious liberty and its practical effects, with official documents. (Charles Scribner's sons, 1838), by Philip Schaff (page images at HathiTrust)
Voltaire et l'intolerance religieuse ... (G. Bridel & cie., 1904), by Léon Robert (page images at HathiTrust)
El estadismo y la libertad religiosa. (Impr. de L. Anglada, 1912), by José Torras y Bages (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to William E. Channing, D.D. on the subject of religious liberty. (Perkins & Marvin, 1830), by Moses Stuart and William Ellery Channing (page images at HathiTrust)
The importance and extent of free inquiry in matters of religion : a sermon, preached before the congregations of the old and new meeting of Protestant dissenters at Birmingham, November 5, 1785 : (Printed by M. Swinney for J. Johnson, London, 1785), by Joseph Priestley (page images at HathiTrust)
A looking glass for the times: or, The former spirit of New England revived in this generation. (S. S. Rider, 1883), by Peter Folger (page images at HathiTrust)
Several miscellaneous and weighty cases of conscience, learnedly and judiciously resolved by the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Thomas Barlow ... viz. I. Of toleration of Protestant dissenters. II. The king's power to pardon murder. III. Objections from Gen. 9. 6. answered. IV. Mr. Cottington's case of divorce: with the judgments of Dr. Allestrey, Dr. Hall, Sir Richard Lloyd, Sir Richard Raines, Dr. Oldys, and the doctors of Sorbonne, upon the same. V. For toleration of the Jews. VI. About setting up images in churches. VII. An dominium fundatur in gratia? With two pages omitted in the English Machiavel, and his lordship's censure thereupon. (Printed, and sold by Mrs. Davis, 1692), by Thomas Barlow (page images at HathiTrust)
Study of discrimination in the matter of religious rights and practices. (United Nations, 1960), by A. Krishnaswami (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious persecution as a violation of human rights : hearings and markup before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on H. Con. Res. 100, 378, 428, 433, and 434, H. Res. 269, S. Con. Res. 18, February 10, March 23, May 25, July 27 and 29, August 5 and 10, September 23, December 1 and 14, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
Strengthening civil society and the rule of law (U.S. Dept. of State, 2000), by Madeleine Korbel Albright and United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)
Status of international religious freedom : an analysis of the State Department's 2003 annual report : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, February 10, 2004. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2004), by Nonproliferation United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Terrorism (page images at HathiTrust)
A reply to the Review of Whitman's letters to Professor Stuart in the Spirit of the pilgrims for March 1831 (Gray and Bowen, 1831), by Bernard Whitman, Enoch Pond, Thomas Waterman Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), and Israel Thorndike Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report on international religious freedom 2004 and designations of countries of particular concern : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, October 6, 2004. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
A global review of human rights : examining the State Department's 2004 annual report : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, March 17, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by Global Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa (page images at HathiTrust)
International religious freedom report (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Global Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa (page images at HathiTrust)
Examination of a fundamental human right : the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, December 21, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
La liberté religiuese en Europe depuis 1870. (Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1874), by Edmond de Pressensé (page images at HathiTrust)
The journal of William Dowsing : of Stratford ... (Pawsey and Hayes, 1885), by William Dowsing and C. H. Evelyn-White (page images at HathiTrust)
Whose freedom? of pulpit and pew ([Madison, Wis.], 1951), by Ellis H. Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
Church and state in the United States, or, The American idea of religious liberty and its practical effects : with official documents (Scribner, 1889), by Philip Schaff (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of religious liberty (Boston ; Chicago : The Pilgrim press, [1918], 1918), by Joseph Henry Crooker (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical survey of controversies pertaining to the rights of conscience (Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1858), by Edward Bean Underhill (page images at HathiTrust)
Trial of C. B. Reynolds for blasphemy : at Morristown, N. J., May 19th and 20th, 1887. (C. P. Farrell, 1888), by Robert Green Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious liberty; the great American illusion (W. Morrow & co., 1927), by Albert Charles Dieffenbach (page images at HathiTrust)
La libertà di coscienza e di scienza; studi storici costituzionali (Fratelli Treves, 1909), by Luigi Luzzatti (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The struggle for religious liberty in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; being a series of six lectures delivered on Sunday evenings in the South Congregational Church, Brooklyn, in the winter of 1903 ([Press of J. J. Little], 1905), by John Churchwood Wilson and Albert Josiah Lyman (page images at HathiTrust)
Equal rights in religion. Report of the Centennial Congress of Liberals, and organization of the National Liberal League, at Philadelphia, on the fourth of July, 1876. With an introduction and apendix. (Published by the National Liberal League, 1876), by Philadelphia Centennial Congress of Liberals and National Liberal League (page images at HathiTrust)
A discussion of the question, Is the Roman Catholic religion, in any or in all its principles or doctrines, inimical to civil or religious liberty? : And of the question, Is the Presbyterian religion, in any or in all its principles or doctrines, inimical to civil or religious liberty? (J. Murphy, 1869), by John Hughes and John Breckinridge (page images at HathiTrust)
Études historiques et légales sur la liberté religieuse en Canada (C.O. Beauchemin & Valois, 1872), by S. Pagnuelo (page images at HathiTrust)
Observations on "The two sons of oil" : containing a vindication of the American constitutions and defending the blessings of religious liberty and toleration against the illiberal strictures of the Rev. Samuel B. Wylie (Patterson & Hopkins, 1812), by William Findley (page images at HathiTrust)
Défense de l'Essai sur l'indifference en matière de religion (De Belin-Mandar et Devaux, 1827), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust)
La religion, la sociedad, y el liberalsimo; opúsculo filosófico-social. (Impr. de Magriñá y Subirana, 1869), by José Pallés Llordes-Bertran (page images at HathiTrust)
Ḥurrīyat al-fikr wa-abṭāluhā fī al-tārīkh (Idārat al-Hilāl, 1927), by Salāmah Mūsá (page images at HathiTrust)
Controverse chrétienne. (Agence générale pour la def́ense de la liberté religieuse, 1831), by Olympe-Philippe Gerbet (page images at HathiTrust)
O svobodě náboženství a volnosti přesvědčení (Nákladem Politického klubu České strany lidové, 1904), by T. G. Masaryk and V BoucÌŒek (page images at HathiTrust)
Two letters to the Reverend Moses Stuart; on the subject of religious liberty ... (Published by Gray and Bowen., 1830), by Bernard Whitman (page images at HathiTrust)
Protestant persecutions in Switzerland and Germany : results of an investigation into cases of Protestant persecution on the continent (Partridge, Oakey, & Co., 1854), by T. R. Brooke, Edward Steane, and Germany) Homburg Conference (1853 : Hesse Homburg (page images at HathiTrust)
Consequences of MFN renewal for China : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, June 6, 1996. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Blasphemy and free speech, being sample portions of an argument which a Connecticut judge refused to read; printed to promote the repeal of blasphemy laws. (Free speech league, 1918), by Theodore Schroeder (page images at HathiTrust)
Dell'intolleranza religiosa e politica : ricordi. (Tip. Ribera, 1870), by Giuseppe Lo Giudice (page images at HathiTrust)
Intolerance in the reign of Elizabeth, Queen of England (Houghton, Mifflin, 1917), by Arthur Jay Klein (page images at HathiTrust)
La pluralidad de cultos y sus inconvenientes. (Imp. de N. Bassols, 1868), by Vicente de la Fuente (page images at HathiTrust)
La libertad de pensar y el catolicismo. (Biblioteca Universal Economica, 1868), by José Lorenzo Figueroa (page images at HathiTrust)
Prestuplenīi︠a︡ protiv religīi v vazhni︠e︡ĭshikh gosudarstvakh Zapada : istoriko dogmaticheskoe izsli︠e︡dovanīe (Tip. G. Falʹk, 1886), by Leonid Sergeevich Belogrit︠s︡-Kotli︠a︡revskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
Review of Mr. Whitman's letters to Professor Stuart, on religious liberty. (Pierce & Parker, 1831), by Enoch Pond (page images at HathiTrust)
An oration delivered on the late public commencement at Rhode-Island college in Providence; September 1774. Being a plea, for the right of private judgment in religious matters; or, for the liberty of choosing our own religion. Corroborated by the well-known consequences of priestly power. To which, are annexed, the valedictions of the class then first graduated. (J. Kneeland, 1774), by Barnabas Binney and Brown University (page images at HathiTrust)
Geschichte des rechts der religiösen Bekenntnissfreiheit. Ein öffentlicher Vortrag (R.L. Friderichs, 1867), by Johann Caspar Bluntschli (page images at HathiTrust)
Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1997 : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
HR 2431, to establish an Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of sanctions against countries engaged in a pattern of religious persecution, and for other purposes (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Freedom from Religious Persecution Act (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Tracts on the liberty, spiritual and temporal, of Protestants in England (Printed by W. Bowyer, 1763), by Anthony Ellys (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur l'indifférence en matière de religion (Librairie de la Société Typographique de Méquignon fils ainé et Boiste père, 1823), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Essai sur la manifestation des convictions religieuses : et sur la séparation de l'église et de l'état, envisagée comme conséquence nécessaire et comme garantie du principe (Paris : Chez Paulin, 1842., 1842), by Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur la conscience et sur la liberté religieuse : ou Examen du rapport présenté au grand conseil du canton de Vaud, par le conseil d'état, le 30 mai 1829; (Henry Servier ;, 1829), by Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (page images at HathiTrust)
La liberté des cultes (Chez les éditeurs, 1852), by Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (page images at HathiTrust)
Affaires de Rome (Pagnerre, 1839), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust)
Lettre de M. L'abbe Combalot a M.F. de La Mennais. (P.D. Cailleux, 1836), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust)
A discourse on freedom of thinking in matters of religion; with it's just limits and temper, neither indifferent nor intolerant. (J. Fletcher, 1763) (page images at HathiTrust)
Christian liberty, or, The elements of civil and religious liberty : growing out of the doctrine of justification by faith, in contrast with civil and religious despotism, originating in the high pretensions of prelacy. A discourse delivered in the Presbyterian Church, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, on the Sabbath evening succeeding the day commemorative of our national independencey (R. Carter & brothers, 1850), by Henry A. Rowland (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious liberty. A discourse delivered in the Congregational church at Hanson, on the Fourth of July, 1832. (Printed by B. Drew, jr., 1832), by Frederick Freeman (page images at HathiTrust)
The use of liberty by the servant of God : a discourse, delivered July 4, 1833, in the North Meeting House, in Greenfield (Press of the Franklin Freeman, 1833), by Amariah Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
The fiery furnace and soul liberty (First Baptist Church, 1904), by Curtis Lee Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur l'indifférence en matière de religion (A la librairie classique-élémentaire et catholique de Belin-Mandar et Devaux;, 1828), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust)
A discussion of the question, is the Roman Catholic religion, in any or all its principles or doctrines, inimical to civil or religious liberty? And of the question, is the Presbyterian religion, in any or all its principles or doctrines, inimical to civil or religious liberty? (Carey,Lea, and Blanchard, 1836), by John Hughes and John Breckinridge (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious liberty an invaluable blessing: illustrated in two discourses preached at Roxbury, Dec. 3, 1767, being the day of general Thanksgiving. (printed by Kneeland and Adams, in Milk-Street, for Thomas Leverett, in Corn-Hill, 1768), by Amos Adams and Kneeland and Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
The Baptist trophy: a centennial poem on religious liberty. (Southern Baptist Publication Society, 1876), by George A. Lofton (page images at HathiTrust)
Review of a pamphlet on the trust deed of the Hanover Church. (T. R. Marvin, printer ..., 1828), by Lyman Beecher and Benjamin B. Wisner (page images at HathiTrust)
Principles of the Reformation. A sermon preached November 16, 1826, at the dedication of the house of public worship of the First Congregational Society in Salem. ... (Printed by Warwick Palfray, Jr., 1826), by Charles Wentworth Upham and James Flint (page images at HathiTrust)
A memorial and remonstrance, on the religious rights of man; written in 1784-5, at the request of the religious society of Baptists in Virginia. ... (Printed and published by S. C. Ustick, 1828), by James Madison and Virginia. General assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
Principles of the Reformation. A sermon preached at the dedication of the house of public worship of the First Congregational Society in Salem, November 16, 1826. (Printed by James R. Buffum, 1827), by Charles Wentworth Upham (page images at HathiTrust)
Christianity applied to our civil and social relations (W. Pierce, 1835), by Hubbard Winslow (page images at HathiTrust)
Review of the Result of an ecclesiastical council, convened at Exeter, N.H., August 31, Sept. 1 & 2., and by adjournment, Sept. 19, 1842 (Printed by Francis Grant, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
Liberty and religion; a reply to certain bishops ... (J. Clarke & co., 1906), by Philip Whitwell Wilson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The case of the Cholakian family; a new phase in the history of the struggle for religious freedom in America. (National Committee for the Rights of the Cholakian Family, 1949), by Charles Agnakian Vertanes (page images at HathiTrust)
Autorität und Freiheit; Betrachtungen zum Kulturproblem der Kirche (J. Kösel & F. Pustet, 1923), by Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A discussion of the question, Is the Roman Catholic religion, in any or in all its principles or doctrines, inimical to civil or religious liberty? And of the question, Is the Presbyterian religion, in any or in all its principles or doctrines, inimical to civil or religious liberty? (Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836), by John Hughes and John Breckinridge (page images at HathiTrust)
The Christian church and liberty (J. Clarke, 1924), by A. J. Carlyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Pamphlets on religion and democracy : 16th to 19th centuries. (Sutro Library Project, Works Projects Administration, 1940), by Apsley Pellatt, Thomas Dunn, William Penn, Antony Ascham, William Walwyn, Henry Robinson, Paul Radin, Temple of Religion and Tower of Peace, and Sutro Library (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur l'indifférence en matière de religion. (Garnier, 1820), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust)
Standard essays on state-churches (Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control, and Arthur Miall, 1867), by Ralph Wardlaw and Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters to the Honourable Mr. Justice Blackstone, concerning his exposition of the Act of toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. (Printed for T. Cadell, 1770), by Philip Furneaux and William Blackstone (page images at HathiTrust)
The recent attempt to defeat the constitutional provisions in favor of religious freedom : considered in reference to the trust conveyances of Hanover Street Church ([Press of the Christian Examiner], 1828), by John Lowell and Layman (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious persecution; an examination of Cardinal Manning's letter in the New York Tribune, July 3, 1886. (Cranston & Stowe, 1887), by John Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Christian liberty. (Newman Press, 1952), by David A O'Connell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The inquisition examined, by an impartial reviewer. (Printed by J. Desnoues, 1825), by Thomas O'Connor (page images at HathiTrust)
On the progress of religious liberty, in connexion [sic], especially, with the history of England (George R. Wright, 1856), by John Hodgkin (page images at HathiTrust)
Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1998 : report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 2431) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States House Committee on International Relations, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (page images at HathiTrust)
Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2431, the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act : report (to accompany H. Res. 430). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious persecution as a violation of human rights : hearings and markup before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on H. Con. Res. 100, 378, 428, 433, and 434, H. Res. 269, S. Con. Res. 18, February 10, March 23, May 25, July 27 and 29, August 5 and 10, September 23, December 1 and 14, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
The first annual State Department report on international religious freedom : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, Wednesday, October 6, 1999. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1997 : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session ... (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Victims of religious persecution around the world : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, June 16, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Lettres inédits sur la tolérance (Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1878), by Voltaire and Athanase Coquerel (page images at HathiTrust)
La liberté religieuse (Charpentier, 1869), by Édouard Laboulaye (page images at HathiTrust)
Les catholiques libéraux (É. Giraud, 1864), by Jules Morel (page images at HathiTrust)
Is the Roman Catholic religion inimical to civil or religious liberty? (John Murphy & Co., 1856), by John Hughes and John Breckinridge (page images at HathiTrust)
A review of a lecture on "Liberty" : read at the Manchester Friends' Institute, and since printed and published (F.B.Kitto ;, 1867), by Fielden Thorp (page images at HathiTrust)
Sabbath laws and sabbath duties : considered in relation to their natural and scriptural grounds, and to the principles of religious liberty (Edinburgh : Maclachlan and Stewart; London : Simpkin, Marshall, 1853., 1853), by Robert Cox (page images at HathiTrust)
Is the Roman Catholic religion inimical to civil or religious liberty? (W. Dickson, 1855), by John Hughes and John Breckinridge (page images at HathiTrust)
Liberté religieuse et questions ecclésiastiques (Chez les éditeurs, 1854), by Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (page images at HathiTrust)
Sabbaths : an inquiry into the origin of septenary institutions and the authority for a sabbatical observance of the modern Sunday. (Waterlow & Sons, 1850), by Robert Cox (page images at HathiTrust)
Two lectures on the Inquisition : delivered by request, before the Young Men's Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Rufus King, 1853), by I. M. Ives (page images at HathiTrust)
An essay upon the influence : of the teachings of Geo. Fox on civil and religious liberty (C. Sherman, printers, 1862), by Edward R. Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
Rede über Religions-Freiheit. Gehalten am 12. April 1869 in der Sitzung der spanischen Cortes. (In Commission der Stahelʻschen Buch- und Kunsthandlung, 1869), by Emilio Castelar (page images at HathiTrust)
Two letters to the Reverend Moses Stuart; on the subject of religious liberty. (Gray and Bowen, 1831), by Bernard Whitman (page images at HathiTrust)
Framställning af Svenska Lagstiftningen angående statsreligion och religionsfrihet (tryckt uti Berlingska Boktryckeriet, 1861), by Gustaf Broomé (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur la manifestation des convictions religieuses : et sur la séparation de l'église et de l'état, envisagée comme conséquence nécessaire et comme garantie du principe (Chez Les Éditeurs, 1858), by Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious rights of American citizens residing or traveling in foreign countries. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1854), by Lewis Cass (page images at HathiTrust)
La souveraineté pontificale et la liberté (C. Douniol, 1861), by Albert de Broglie (page images at HathiTrust)
Volk, Nation, Kirche : Kampf zwischen Licht und Finsternisz in unserem aufgeklärten Jahrhundert ; mit 21 holtzschnitten und einer lithographie ; hersg. zum Besten des prager Taubstummen-Insittuts (Rohlic̆ek & Sievers, 1861), by Vĕnceslav Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
Die unfreie und die freie Kirche in ihren Beziehungen zur Sclaverei, zur Glaubens- und Gewissenstyrannei und zum Dämonismus (A. Gosohorsky, 1873), by Jakub Buchmann (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious liberty. Equality of civil rights among native and naturalized citizens. The Virginia campaign of 1855. Governor Wise's letter on Know-nothingism, and his speech at Alexandria. ([N.p., 1855), by Henry A. Wise (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report on international religious freedom for 2000 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
The bloudy tenent of persecution for cause of conscience discussed; and Mr. Cotton's letter examined and answered (Hanserd Knollys Soc., 1848), by Roger Williams and Edward Bean Underhill (page images at HathiTrust)
Christian freedom; Hulsean lectures, 1918-19 (Macmillan and co., limited, 1920), by F. E. Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
The great case of liberty of conscience once more briefly debated & defended, by the authority of reason, Scripture, and antiquity: which may serve the place of a general reply to such late discourses, as have oppos'd a tolleration. ([n.p.], 1670), by William Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
Den religiösa toleransens historia (Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1917), by Hjalmar Holmquist (page images at HathiTrust)
La liberté religieuse. (Charpentier, 1875), by Édouard Laboulaye (page images at HathiTrust)
Liberté de conscience et liberté de science. Études d'histoire constitutionnelle (V. Giard & E. Brière, 1910), by Luigi Luzzatti (page images at HathiTrust)
Autorität und Freiheit; Betrachtungen zum Kulturproblem der Kirche ... (J. Kösel & Friedrich Pustet, 1922), by Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (page images at HathiTrust)
Points of history: The Inquisition. The Albigenses and the Waldenses. The massacre of St. Bartholomew. The fifth of November; or, Gunpowder plot. Galileo and the Inquisition. Religious toleration a question of first principles. (P. Donahoe, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Discourse on religion and doctrines, delivered before the First Society of Free Enquirers, in Boston, November 15, 1829. .. (Amos B. Parker ..., 1829), by Charles Williams Windship and Boston Society of Free Enquirers (page images at HathiTrust)
Die evangelische Alliance-Deputation an Kaiser Alexander zu Friedrichshafen zur Abwehr der groben Entstellungen und Verleumdungen des Herrn von Wurstemberger. (F. A. Brockhaus, 1872), by Constantin von Tischendorf (page images at HathiTrust)
L'Église, la republic et la liberté (P.-V. Stock, 1903), by Georges Clemenceau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
History of intolerance : with observations on the unreasonableness and injustice of persecutive, and on the equity and wisdom of unrestricted religious liberty. (Printed by John Bull, for J.R. Birnie, 1819), by Thomas Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
La sociedad moderna y el porvenir en sus relaciones con la Iglesia y la revolucion. (Tip. Uruguaya de M. Martinez, 1890), by Mariano Delmiro Encarnación Soler (page images at HathiTrust)
The Christian Alliance : addresses of Rev. L. Bacon, D.D., and Rev. E.N. Kirk, at the annual meeting of the Christian Alliance, held in New York, May 8, 1845 : with the address of the Society and the Bull of the Pope against it. (S.W. Benedict, 1845), by Leonard Bacon, Edward Norris Kirk, Catholic Church. Pope (1831-1846 : Gregory XVI), and Christian Alliance (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious legislation shall God or civil rulers govern the conscience? (Review and Herald Pub. Co., 1890), by John T. Cooke (page images at HathiTrust)
Two letters addressed to the editor of The Church exposing the intolerant bigotry of that journal, and animadverting especially on the spirit and assumptions of an editorial article which appeared in its columns the 7th April, 1843 (s.n.], 1843), by Matthew Richey (page images at HathiTrust)
à Sa Très Excellente Majesté la reine (s.n., 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
Sunday observance, superstition and unbelief with a reply to "Onlooker" (s.n.], 1896), by F. J. Peel (page images at HathiTrust)
La réforme et la liberté religieuse (J.-B. Istas, 1908), by Louis Delplace (page images at HathiTrust)
La libre-pensée et ses martyrs : petit dictionnaire de l'intolérance cléricale. (Librairie de propagande socialiste et anticléricale, 1904), by Maurice Barthélemy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Yerushalayim (דפוס געארג בראג ופ. סמאלענסקין, 1876), by Moses Mendelssohn, Perez Smolenskin, and Fyodorov Grinboim (page images at HathiTrust)
Die christliche Freiheit, nach der Verkündigung des apostels Paulus (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1902), by Johannes Weiss (page images at HathiTrust)
Bicentenary lectures : a historical series delivered on the occasion of the bicentenary of the revolution of 1688 (C.U.E.W., 1889), by Congregational Union of England and Wales and A. M. Fairbairn (page images at HathiTrust)
Der rechte evangelische Glaube : ein Wort zum jüngsten Apostolikumsstreit (Verlag von Fr. Wihl Grunow, 1892), by Martin Rade (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Toleranz und die Intoleranz der katholischen Kirche : sechs Vorträge, gehalten in der Fastenzeit 1888 in der Kirche St. Martin in Freiburg (Herder, 1899), by Heinrich Hansjakob (page images at HathiTrust)
Wu zhou jiao an ji lue (Guang xue hui jiao kan, 1901), by Timothy Richard (page images at HathiTrust)
La intolerancia religiosa (Impr. El Ferrocarril, 1890), by L. A. Fernández (page images at HathiTrust)
Die kultusfreiheit und die kultuspolizei im bunde und in den kantonen ... (H. von Matt & cie., 1908), by Franz Freuler (page images at HathiTrust)
The simple cobler of Aggawam (Ipswich historical society, 1900), by Nathaniel Ward and Thomas Franklin Waters (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Rise of the Huguenots of France. (Scribner, 1896), by Henry Martyn Baird (page images at HathiTrust)
Benjamin Franklin's Parable against persecution, with an account of the early editions (The Montague Press], 1916), by Benjamin Franklin, George Parker Winship, Luther S. Livingston, and Montague Press (page images at HathiTrust)
The simple cobler of Aggawam in America. Willing to help mend his native country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. And as willing never to be paid for his work by old English wonted pay. It is his trade to patch all the year long, gratis. Therefore I pray gentlemen keep your purses. (W. Q. Force, 1844), by Nathaniel Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
The trial of William Penn and William Mead : at the Old Bailey, 1670. (Headley Bros., 1906), by William Penn and William Mead (page images at HathiTrust)
Letter to William E. Channing on the subject of religious liberty. (Boston :Perkins and Marvin, 1830), by Moses Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
Inquisition, Intoleranz, Exkommunication, Interdikt, Index, Zensur : Sektenwesen, Hexenwahn und Hexenprozesse, Rechtsanschauungen (K. J. Wyss, 1908), by Franz Heinemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Concerning so-called "Freedom of worship" bills and other assaults upon civil and religious liberty. (New York, 1886), by Evangelical Alliance for the United States of America (page images at HathiTrust)
The right of private judgment in religion, vindicated against the claims of the Romish Church and all kindred usurpations, in a Dudleian Lecture, delivered before the University in Cambridge, 24 October, 1821. ... (Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf., 1821), by John Pierce and Harvard University. Dudleian lecture (page images at HathiTrust)
The church and the world. (E. Dunigan & brother, 1850), by John Hughes (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur l'indifférence en matière de religion. (Tournachon-Molin et Sequin, 1818), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust)
The rise of religious liberty in America : a history (Macmillan, 1902), by Sanford H. Cobb (page images at HathiTrust)
Church and state in the United States : or, The American idea of religious liberty and its practical effects, with official documents (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888), by Philip Schaff (page images at HathiTrust)
New Netherland intolerance. ([Washington], 1918), by Frederick J. Zwierlein (page images at HathiTrust)
Tracts on liberty of conscience and persecution, 1614-1661 (Printed for the Society, by J. Haddon, 1846), by Edward Bean Underhill and Andrew Dickson White (page images at HathiTrust)
Religīoznyi͡a prestuplenīi͡a s tochki zri͡enīi͡a religīoznoĭ svobody : K reformi͡e nashego zakonodatelʹstva o religīoznykh prestuplenīi͡akh (Univ. tip., 1906), by S. V. Poznyshev (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Due process of law and the divine right of dissent : a review (National Religious Liberty Association, 1892), by Alonzo Trévier Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
The battle of freedom : including seven letters on religious liberty, addressed to Bishop Spalding (Printed by J. F. Brennan, 1855), by S. H. Ford and Sallie Rochester Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
Ecclesiastical verses civil authority. (Republican Press Association, 1894), by Parker Pillsbury and Susan B. Anthony Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Arguments on "The Freedom of Worship Bill" before the Assembly Committee on Cities, April 14th, 1885 ([publisher not identified], 1885), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Affairs of Cities and Henry A. Cram (page images at HathiTrust)
Struggles and triumphs of Virginia Baptists. (American Baptist Publication Society, 1873), by J. L. M. Curry (page images at HathiTrust)
Intolerance (Round table press, inc., 1934), by Winfred Ernest Garrison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Studies in the fundamentals of civil and religious liberty and of government (s.n., 1927), by Charles Smull Longacre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Religious [lib]erty. A sermon delivered before His Excellency George S. Boutwell, governor, His Honor Henry W. Cushman, lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts, at the annual election, January 8, 1852. (Dutton & Wentworth, State printers, 1852), by Rollin H. Neale (page images at HathiTrust)
Liberty of conscience confuted : by arguments of reason and policie : delivered in a discourse betwixt a Turke and a Christian : occasioned by a letter written to a peere of this realme. ([publisher not identified], 1648) (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur l'indifférence en matière de religion (Garnier Fre̲res, 1859), by Félicité Robert de Lamennais (page images at HathiTrust)
An Act to Express United States Foreign Policy with Respect to, and to Strengthen United States Advocacy on Behalf of, Individuals Persecuted in Foreign Countries on Account of Religion .... (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
An Act to Amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to Provide Additional Administrative Authorities to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and to Make Technical Corrections to That Act, and for Other Purposes . (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
The 2011 international religious freedom report : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, November 17, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by Global Health United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa (page images at HathiTrust)
Prioritizing international religious freedom in US foreign policy (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by Global Health United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa (page images at HathiTrust)
United States commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2014; concerning the suspension of exit permit issuance by the Democratic Republic of Congo for adopted Congolese children; and the need to bring the South Sudan conflict to a sustainable and lasting end : markup before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session on H.R. 4653, H. Res. 588 and H. Res. 503, June 18, 2014. ([publisher not identified], 2014), by Global Health United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa and United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Condemning the government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the international covenants on human rights ; and calling on the government of Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance in this case of Robert Levinson, one of the longest held United States civilians in our nation's history : markup before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session on H. Res. 109 and H. Res. 435, June 19, 2014. (Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2014., 2014), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa (page images at HathiTrust)
Information service. Vol. 28, no. 25. (Dept. of Research and Education, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1949), by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Research and Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
[Letter] To the Peace Conference of the Allied and Associated Nations, Paris, France. (Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1919), by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the 1931 Oakland-Berkeley Seminar on Human Relations : Jews, Catholics, Protestants. (1931), by Calif.) Oakland-Berkeley Seminar on Human Relations (1931 : Berkeley, National Conference of Jews and Christians (U.S.), and East Bay Religious Fellowship (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An intolerant spirit, hostile to the interests of society. A sermon, delivered before his excellency John Brooks, Esq. governor, his honor William Phillips, Esq. lieutenant governor, the honorable council, and the two houses composing the legislature of Massachusetts, on the anniversary election, May 29, 1822. ... (Printed for B. Russell, Printer to the state, by Russell and Gardner., 1822), by Daniel Huntington and Massachusetts. General Court (1822) (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious liberty and mutual understanding; an interpretation of the National Seminar of Catholics, Jews and Protestants, Washington, D. C., March 7-9, 1932 (The National Conference of Jews and Christians, 1932), by Bruno Lasker and National Conference of Christians and Jews (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A remonstrance against an established religion in Massachusetts (Published by Peirce and Parker, 1831), by Parsons Cooke (page images at HathiTrust)
The Bowne House : a national shrine to religious freedom. (Bowne House Historical Society, 1953), by Bowne House Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Memorandum on the promotion and further study of religious liberty (International Missionary Council, 1932), by Charles R. Watson and Germany) International Missionary Council. Meeting (1932 : Herrnhut (page images at HathiTrust)
Pioneers of Protestantism (Marshall Bros., 1928), by James Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
Catholic thought in crisis. (Bruce Pub. Co., 1963), by Peter Riga (page images at HathiTrust)
L'editto et capitoli del re Carlo IX : fatti novamente per la pacificatione de i suoi popoli nel Regno di Francia : con i nomi & cognomi delli Signori Principi deputati al gouerno delle prouincie di detto Regno, dopò alla detta pacificatione : tradotti fedelissimamente dalla lingua francese nella nostra buona italiana. ([publisher not identified], 1562), by France. Sovereign (1560-1574 : Charles IX) (page images at HathiTrust)
Anne Hutchinson : a biography (Washburn & Thomas, 1930), by Edith Roelker Curtis, M. A. De Wolfe Howe, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Religious liberty stated and enforced on the principles of scripture and common sense : in six essays, with notes and an appendix (London : W. Baynes, 1824., 1824), by Thomas Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
The bloudy tenent of persecution for cause of conscience discussed : and Mr. Cotton's letter examined and answered (London : Printed for the Society by J. Haddon, 1848., 1848), by Roger Williams, Edward Bean Underhill, John Cotton, and Hanserd Knollys Society (page images at HathiTrust)
The spirit of liberty, or, Junius's loyal address : being a key to the English cabinet, or an humble dissertation upon the rights and liberties of the ancient Britons ... ([London?] : [publisher not identified], 1770., 1770), by John Allen and Baptism Controversy Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
Concerning the right and power of calling assemblies (Imprinted at London : by Robert Barker, 1606., 1606), by Lancelot Andrewes and Thomas F. Torrance Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
From feudal to federal; or, Free church, free school the completed bases of equality; with some of its results in state, constitution and empire. (Trübner & Co., 1876), by J. Arthur Partridge (page images at HathiTrust)
The Old Whig ; or, The consistent protestant. (Printed for W. Wilkins, A. Ward, R. Hett, A. Millar, and J. Gray, 1739), by Samuel Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
State of elections and fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan (Washington : Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2019., 2019), by United States Congress Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (page images at HathiTrust)
Religious liberty : meaning and significance for our day for study and discussion (Joint Committee on Religious Liberty of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America and the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1944), by Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Joint Committee on Religious Liberty and Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Joint Committee on Religious Liberty (page images at HathiTrust)
American Indian religious freedom act report : P. L. 95-341 (Federal Agencies Task Force], 1979), by Interagency Task Force to Prepare the Report to the Congress on Implementation of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (page images at HathiTrust)
The simple cobler of Aggawam in America. : Willing to help amend his native country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. And as willing never to be paid for his work by old English wonted pay. It is his trade to patch all the year long, gratis. Therefore I pray gentlemen keep your purses. (For Daniel Henchman, 1713), by Nathaniel Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
A censure of that reverend and learned man of God, Mr. John Cotton, lately of New-England, upon the way of Mr. Henden of Bennenden in Kent, expressed in some animadversions of his upon a letter of Mr. Henden's sometimes sent to Mr. Elmeston (2) a brief and solid exercitation concerning the coercive power of the magistrate in matters of religion, by a reverend and learned minister, Mr. Geo[r]ge Petter ... (3) Mr. Henden's animadversions on Mr. Elmestons's epistle revised and chastized. (London : Printed by J.G. for John Stafford ..., 1656), by John Elmeston, John Cotton, and George. Brief and solid exercitation concerning the coercive power of the magistrate in matters of religion Petter (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The cause plainly shewed of the persecution which is now upon the innocent people called Quakers and here is also a true declaration of their just and honest intentions, and in this all moderate people may see the ground of their sufferings / by William Smith. (London : Printed for Robert Wilson ..., 1661), by William Smith (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The true state of Christianity, truly discribed, and also discovered unto all people what it was in its beginning and purity, and what it now is in its apostacy and degeneration ... / written by ... Edward Burrough. (London : Printed for Thomas Simmons ..., 1658), by Edward Burrough (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A second letter concerning toleration (London : Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill ..., 1690), by John Locke and Jonas. Argument of the letter concerning toleration Proast (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A third letter for toleration, to the author of the Third letter concerning toleration (London : Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill ..., 1692), by John Locke and Jonas. Third letter concerning toleration Proast (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A treatise of civil power in ecclesiastical causes shewing that it is not lawfull for any power on earth to compell in matters of religion / the author, J.M. (London : Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1659), by John Milton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Advice to freeholders and other electors of members to serve in Parliament in relation to the penal laws and the tests : in a letter to a friend in the conntry [sic]. ([London : Printed, and sold, by Andrew Sowle ..., 1687]), by William Penn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The great case of liberty of conscience once more briefly debated & defended ... which may serve the place of a general reply to such late discourses as have oppos'd a tolleration / the authour W.P. ([London : s.n.], 1670), by William Penn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The reasonableness of toleration, and the unreasonableness of penal laws and tests wherein is prov'd by Scripture, reason and antiquity, that liberty of conscience is the undoubted right of every man, and tends to the flourishing of kingdoms and commonwealths, and that persecution for meer religion is unwarrantable, unjust, and destructive to humane society, with examples of both kinds. (London : Printed for John Harris ..., 1687), by William Penn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The necessity of toleration in matters of religion, or, Certain questions propounded to the Synod, tending to prove that corporall punishments ought not to be inflicted upon such as hold errors in religion, and that in matters of religion, men ought not to be compelled, but have liberty and freedome.: Here is also the copy of the edict of the Emperours Constantinus and Licinius, and containing the reasons that inforced them to grant unto all men liberty to choose, and follow what religion they thought best. Also here is the faith of the Assembly of Divines, as it was taken out of the exactest copy of their practise, with the non-conformists answer why they cannot receive and submit to the said faith. / By Samuel Richardson. (London : [s.n.], printed in the yeare of jubilee 1647), by Samuel Richardson, Constantine Emperor of Rome, and Westminster Assembly (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Liberty of conscience: or The sole means to obtaine peace and truth.: Not onely reconciling His Majesty with His subjects, but all Christian states and princes to one another, with the freest passage for the gospel. Very seasonable and necessary in these distracted times, when most men are weary of war, and cannot finde the way to peace. ([London? : s.n.], Printed in the yeare 1643), by Henry Robinson and William Walwyn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A still and soft voice from the scripture vvitnessing them to be the vvord of God. ([London] printed : [s.n.], 1647), by William Walwyn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A vvhisper in the eare of Mr. Thomas Edwards minister.: By VVilliam VValwyn marchant. Occasioned by his mentioning of him reproachfully, in his late pernitious booke, justly entituled the Gangræna. (London : printed according to order, by Thomas Paine, for VVilliam Ley, at Paules-Chaine, 1646), by William Walwyn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Mr. Cottons letter lately printed, examined and ansvvered: by Roger Williams of Providence in New·England.: (London : [s.n.], Imprinted in the yeere 1644), by Roger Williams (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A dialogue between Simeon and Levi upon this topick, whether flying from suffering in a day of persecution, or complying with the terms of the persecuting party for a little ease, be the more honourable. ([London? : s.n.], 1688), by Charles Nicholets (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Gospel liberty sent down from heaven in a suffering time, or, Christian toleration given and granted by the Lord, about the worship of God ... by R.F. ([S.l. : s.n.], 1664), by R. F. (Richard Farnworth) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The controversie concerning liberty of conscience in matters of religion,: truly stated, and distinctly and plainly handled, by Mr. John Cotton of Boston in New-England. By way of answer to some arguments to the contrary sent unto him, vvherein you have, against all cavils of turbulent spirits, clearly manifested, wherein liberty of conscience in matters of religion ought to be permitted, and in what cases it ought not, by the said Mr. Cotton. (London : Printed for Thomas Banks, and are to be sold at his shop in Black-Fryers on the top of Bride-well Staires, 1646), by John Cotton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
To all rulers and magistrates to be tender and take heed of persecuting and imprisoning and spoiling the goods of God's people for obeying, serving, and worshipping the Lord God that made them, and the heavens, and the earth, and all things therein / by G. Fox. (London : Printed by John Brighvrst, 1683), by George Fox (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A declaration of Maj. Gen. Harrison prisoner in the Tower of London:: with his rules and precepts, to all publike churches, and private congregations: and an answer thereunto; also, the resolution of the Fifth-Monarchy-Men, Anabaptists, Quakers, and others. (London : printed for Nathaniel Tomkins, 1660), by Thomas Harrison (HTML at EEBO TCP)
The ancient bounds, or Liberty of conscience tenderly stated, modestly asserted, and mildly vindicated.: (London : Printed by M.S. for Henry Overton, and are to be sold at his shop in Popes-head Alley, 1645), by Francis Rous (HTML at EEBO TCP)
An arrow shot against Babylon out of Josephs bow which grew up from the stem of Jesse ... and this is a visitation and warning (once more) from God unto all such rulers, teachers, and people in England who are, or may be persecutors about religion and worship that they may yet flee out of Babylon ... the great whore (which hath set upon nations and reigned over the kings of the earth) that they may partake no longer of her sins ... and this may serve as a glass for all false Christendom to behold themselves ... / by William Bayly. (London : [s.n.], 1663), by William Bayly (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Something in answer to a law lately made at the first sessions of the General Court held at Boston in New-England, May the 28th, 1679 : and published by their order, Edw. Rawson, Secretary : the title of the law, viz. Meeting-houses not to be erected without licence, &c. ([London : s.n., 1679]), by George Fox (HTML at EEBO TCP)
To the ministers, teachers, and priests (so called and so stileing your selves) in Barbadoes by George Fox. ([London : s.n.], 1672), by George Fox (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Gemitus de carcere Nantes, or, Prison-sighs and supports being a few broken scraps and crumbs of comfort lately fallen from the great kings table, the Holy Scriptures, into the prisoners basket : who being satisfied, let fall (through the grate) a few leavings for the hungry souls abroad, till God send more plenty. (London : [s.n.], 1684) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Truth is great, and will prevail. [Two lines of Scripture texts] ([Boston] : Sold by Philip Freeman, in Union-Street, Boston., [1781]), by Isaac Backus (HTML at Evans TCP)
To worship God in spirit, & in truth, is to worship him in the true liberty of conscience; that is in bondage to no flesh. And in this spirit of liberty, I have composed the following treatise, and recommend it to the reader. / John Bolles, a servant of Jesus Christ. ; [Nine lines from Revelation] ; With an answer thereto; by Jacob Johnson, Pastor of a church of Christ in Groton. ([New London, Conn.?] : Printed [by Timothy Green?] for the author,, MDCCLVI. [1756]), by John Bolles, Jacob Johnson, and John Whiting (HTML at Evans TCP)
The following treatise, containing, a brief account of persecutions, in Boston and Connecticut governments; taken out of authors: whereby it may be seen, that a people may be deceived under the highest conceit of religion ... / By John Bolles, of New-London. ([New London, Conn.?] : Printed for the author,, 1758), by John Bolles (HTML at Evans TCP)
An addition to the book, entituled, The spirit of the martyrs revived. It being a short acount of some remarkable persecutions in New-England; especially of four faithful martyrs of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who suffered death at Boston. ([New London, Conn. : Printed by Timothy Green, 1758?]), by Joseph Bolles, John Bolles, and Ellis Hookes (HTML at Evans TCP)
On religious liberty: a sermon, preached at St. Paul's Cathedral, on Sunday the 6th of March, 1763. On occasion of the brief for the establishment of the colleges of Philadelphia and New-York. : Publish'd at the request of the managers of the charity. : To which is prefixed an address to the principal inhabitants of the North American colonies, on occasion of the peace. / By John Brown, D.D. Vicar of Newcastle. ([Philadelphia] : London: Printed by Davis and Reymers, printers to the Royal Society, price 1s. 6d. Philadelphia: Re-printed by Andrew Steuart, at the Bible-in-Heart, in Second-Street. Price only 6d., 1763), by John Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)
A letter to a gentleman, containing a plea for the rights of conscience, in things of a religious nature. By a dissenting Protestant. ; Who claims for himself a right of private judgment, and to attend on such a ministry, and such teaching, as appears to himself, to be agreeable to the holy Scriptures, and apprehends that this right belongs to Christians of every denomination. ; [Four lines of verse] (Boston: N.E. : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland, opposite the prison in Queen-Street., 1753), by Dissenting Protestant and Edward Goddard (HTML at Evans TCP)
A defence of religious liberty; comprehending, I. The introduction; containing a true state of the matters judged upon by the late Consociation, from their rise until laid before that venerable body. II. Protestation against the doings and procedure of Consociation at West-Stafford, with the reasons of it at large. III. Strictures on the report of a certain anonymous committee. Concluding with an Address to the Reverend elders of the late Consociation at Stafford, and an Address to the people of Connecticut. / By Isaac Foster, A.M. Pastor of the Church in West-Stafford. ; [Eleven lines of quotations] (Massachusetts-Bay: Worcester, : printed by Isaiah Thomas., MDCCLXXX. [1780]), by Isaac Foster and Dan Foster (HTML at Evans TCP)
The rights of conscience inalienable, and therefore religious opinions not cognizable by law: or, The high-flying church-man, stript of his legal robe, appears a Yaho. By John Leland ; [One line from Elihu] (New-London [Conn.]: : Printed by T. Green & Son,, M,DCC,XCI. [1791]), by John Leland (HTML at Evans TCP)
The Yankee spy. Calculated for the religious meridian of Massachusetts; but will answer for New-Hampshire, Connecticut, and Vermont, without any material alterations. / By Jack Nips. ; [One line of Scripture text] (Boston: : Printed for John Asplund., [1794]), by John Leland (HTML at Evans TCP)
An answer to a book lately put forth by Peter Pratt, entituled, The prey taken from the strong. Wherein by mocks and scoffs, together with a great number of positive falshoods, the author hath greatly abused John Rogers, late of New-London, deceased, since his death. : In which answer there is a true and impartial relation of those sufferings of John Rogers, on which the author has built his abuses: as also many of the said scoffs, falshoods, blasphemous expressions, great abuses of Scripture, together with many gross contradictions and ignorant speeches contained in said book; all which are discovered and plainly proved, / By John Rogers. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts] ([New York] : Printed [by William Bradford] for the author, and sold at his house in New London,, 1726), by John Rogers (HTML at Evans TCP)
An answer to a book intituled, The Lords Day proved to be the Christian sabbath, &c. By B. Wadsworth, A.M. Pastor of a church in Boston. And also, an answer to a pamphlet, intituled, Thesis concerning the sabbath. : As also, some part of what hath passed through the general courts in Connecticut colony, relating to the sabbath. : As also, some court sentences in that colony. / By John Rogers. (Boston: : Printed for the author., 1721), by John Rogers (HTML at Evans TCP)
A looking-glass for the Presbyterians at New-London; to see their worship and worshippers weighed in the balance, and found wanting. : With a true account of what the people called Rogerenes, have suffered in that town from the 10th of June 1764, to the 13th of December 1766. ... / Written by John Rogers, of New-London. ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts] (Providence. N.E. : Printed for the author., MDCCLXVII. [1767]), by John Rogers (HTML at Evans TCP)
A brief account of some of the late sufferings of several Baptists inhabiting in New-London County in Connecticut Colony in New-England: who for no other cause than going to a meeting of their own society, were taken up on the King's Highway, and cruelly whipt at Norwich, July 26th. 1725. : Being also a reply to a small pamphlet lately put out by Joseph Backus, Esq; as he calls himself: in which pamphlet the author hath industriously laboured to deceive the world, and hide the cruelty of that matter; as also to promote persecution &c. All which deceit and false covering is here discovered, and a true and impartial relation of that matter given. / By John Rogers. ; [One line from Job] ([New London, Conn.? : Printed by Timothy Green?, 1726?]), by John Rogers (HTML at Evans TCP)
The essential rights and liberties of Protestants. A seasonable plea for the liberty of conscience, and the right of private judgment, in matters of religion, without any controul from human authority. Being a letter, from a gentleman in the Massachusetts-Bay to his friend in Connecticut. Wherein some thoughts on the origin, end, and extent of the civil power, with brief considerations on several late laws in Connecticut, are humbly offered. / By a lover of truth and liberty. ; [Five lines of quotations] (Boston: : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green in Queenstreet., 1744), by Elisha Williams and Thomas Cushing (HTML at Evans TCP)

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