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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1577 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

3 works

1612

English

A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity

Thomas Helwys · c. 1575–c. 1616

An argument that the king has no authority over conscience, and that heretics, Turks, Jews, and whomsoever ought not to be punished for their religion.

Baptist · Treatise

1644

English

The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution

Roger Williams · c. 1603–1683

An argument for a wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world, and for liberty of conscience for pagans, Jews, and Turks alike.

Baptist · Dialogue

drafted 1677; published 1689

English

The Second London Baptist Confession

The Particular Baptist churches of England

The Westminster Confession revised by Baptists, following it closely except on baptism, church government, and the relation of the magistrate to religion.

Baptist · Confession