Discourse on the Liberty of Prophesying

by Jeremy Taylor

Publisher:

Duff Green

, 1834

Overview

A Discourse on the Liberty of Prophesying is an essay on the need for religious freedom. It purports to show “the unreasonableness of prescribing to other men’s [sic] faith; and the eniquity [sic] of persecuting differing opinions.” The essay is unique for a number of reasons, one of which is that it was written nearly 50 years before John Locke’s seminal “A Letter Concerning Toleration.”

Product Details

• Title: A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying
• Author: Jeremy Taylor
• Series: Sacred Classics
• Publisher: Duff Green
• Print Publication Date: 1834
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 415
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Toleration; Authority › Religious aspects
• Resource ID: LLS:DSCRSLBRTYPROPHTAYLOR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:28:33Z

About Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor (15 August 1613–13 August 1667) was a clergyman in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the “Shakespeare of Divines” for his poetic style of expression and was often presented as a model of prose writing. He is remembered in the Church of England’s calendar of saints with a Lesser Festival on 13 August. He was under the patronage of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury.