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The danger of tolerating Levellers in a civill state: or, An historicall narration of the dangerous pernicious practices and opinions, wherewith Samuel Gorton and his Levelling accomplices so much disturbed and molested the severall plantations in New-England; : (parallel to the positions and proceedings of the present Levellers in Old-England:) wherein their severall errors dangerous and very destructive to the peace both of church and state, their cariage and reviling language against magistracy and all civill power, and their blasphemous speeches against the holy things of God: together, with the course that was there taken for suppressing them, are fully set forth; with a satisfactory answer to their complaints made to the Parliament:

by: Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655

Publication date: 1649

Topics: Gorton, Samuel, 1592-1677. Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy, Ward, Nathaniel, 1578-1652, Cotton, John, 1584-1652, Massachusetts. General Court, Levellers, Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Rhode Island -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Imprint 1649

Publisher: London, : Printed by R. Cotes for J. Bellamy at the Three Golden Lions in Corn-Hill, neare the Royall Excnage,

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: English

[4], 103, [1] pages ; 19 cm (4to)

Consists of the same sheets (with dedicatory letter omitted and leaf of contents added) as his: Hypocrisie unmasked, printed in London, 1647

A reply to: Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy / by Samuel Gorton, printed in London, 1646

Contains two letters from Samuel Gorton and "his accomplices", a letter from Roger Williams to Governor John Winthrop, and two letters from the inhabitants of Providence, including one of William Arnold

"A particvlar answer to the manifold slanders and abominable falsehoods contaied in a book, called Simplicities defence against seven-headed policy", pages 63-103, one of whose running titles is: S. Gortons abuse of M. Cotton and M. Ward answered

Signatures: A² (A1 verso blank) B-O⁴ (O4 verso blank)

Errata: page 103

Title printed within ornamental woodcut border; head pieces; initials

Purchase; 0429

Accession: 0429

Addeddate: 2022-08-15 21:00:13

Associated-names: Gorton, Samuel, 1592 or 1593-1677; Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683; Winthrop, John, 1588-1649; Arnold, William, 1587-1675; Massachusetts. Governor (1629-1633 : Winthrop)