A brief enquiry into free-thinking in matters of religion : and some pretended obstructions to it, viz I. The imposing of creeds. II. Mystery. III. The authority of antient fathers. [BOUND WITH] Front cover image for A short essay upon free-thinking. : By J. Addenbrooke, M.D A short essay upon free-thinking

Samuel Pycroft; John Addenbrooke

Cambridge : printed at the University-Press, for Edmund Jeffery bookseller in Cambridge, and Jonah Bowyer at the Rose in Ludgate-Street, London; Jonah Bowyer at the Rose in Ludgate-Street, 1713

[Free Thinking] 2 volumes, bound as one. Bound in attractive modern marbled paper boards. Leather spine label. [4], 150, [2] pages + [8], 16 pages.  ESTC T144698 & T88427. Pycroft's work primarily deals with the role of reason and free thinking in religious matters.  He examines the idea that free thought brings men into skepticism, infidelity, and heresy.  This work attempts to reconcile reason with faith.