Item #32141 An Essay on War. Proving That the Spirit of War, Existing in the Rational Mind, Is Ever Inimical to the Spirit of the Gospel; That the Wars Mentioned in the History of the Jews, Were For the Happiness of That People, the Punishment of Idolatrous Nations, and the Instruction of Mankind Generally Also That the Spirit of War is Wholly Excluded From the Christian Church. I. Wells, ohn.

An Essay on War. Proving That the Spirit of War, Existing in the Rational Mind, Is Ever Inimical to the Spirit of the Gospel; That the Wars Mentioned in the History of the Jews, Were For the Happiness of That People, the Punishment of Idolatrous Nations, and the Instruction of Mankind Generally Also That the Spirit of War is Wholly Excluded From the Christian Church

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1808. Paperback. First Edition. 52pp. Disbound with some residue, spot of loss to bottom of title page, slight chipping to final three leaves along foredge, else very good. Good. Item #32141

First edition of " The First tract on peace to appear from a Quaker pen after the end of the American revolution" [Brock, Pioneers of a Peaceable Kingdom, 249] Prior to authoring this pacifist work, Wells refused to serve in his local militia; this book consists of arguments for the refusal of service on pacifist grounds, mostly taken from the New Testament.

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