1683 JOHN ROBINSON. Rare Father of the Pilgrims on the Importance of Religious Toleration and Liberality!

Well now, here is a wonderful little item I cannot trace at auction since the late 19th century and the first imprint we can find no record of at auction at any time!  The present work, primarily John Robinson's work [pp.13-31] augmented by Philip Nye and with various short thoughts from other non-conformists, was an important work in the history of religious tolerance. John Robinson [1576-1625] was the Pastor to the Pilgrim Fathers who boarded the Mayflower for America.  A puritan doctrinally, he was no wild-eyed schismatic. In fact, the present work is specifically designed to ensure people of conscience do not become radicalized and then become persecutors themselves. Robinson himself, in all points he could walk with other Christians, including the Anglican church, had a heart to maintain Christian unity with believers of all stripes. The decision to become a dissenter was not an easy one. But upon doing so, he immediately formed the Scrooby Congregation and it was his teaching tha