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Name : Joseph Priestley
Dates : born 1733–died 1804
Nationality : English
Occupation : academician; Nonconformist; philosopher
Correspondents include : Doctor Richard Price; Jeremy Bentham
Current document count : 24 written; 9 received . . . .
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- An address to Protestant dissenters of all denominations, on the approaching election of members of Parliament, with respect to the state of public liberty in general, and of American affairs in particular.
- An appeal to the serious and candid professors of Christianity. On the following subjects. I. The use of reason in matters of religion. II. The power of man to do the will of God. III. Original sin. IV. Election and reprobation. V. The divinity of Christ, and VI. Atonement for sin by the death of Christ. / By Joseph Priestly [sic], L.L.D. F.R.S. and a lover of the Gospel. / To which are added, a concise history of the rise of those doctrines: and The triumph of truth; being an account of the trial of Mr. E. Elwall, for heresy and blasphemy, at Stafford Assizes.
- Observations on respiration, and the use of the blood. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, Jan. 25, 1776
- Two sermons viz. I. The present state of Europe compared with antient prophecies; preached on the fast-day in 1794; with a preface, containing the reasons for the author's leaving England. II. The use of Christianity, especially in difficult times; being the author's farewell discourse to his congregation at Hackney.
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