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===by Robert Barclay===
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|shorttitle=An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers
|author=Robert Barclay
|edition=Eighth edition in English
|lang=English
|publoc=Birmingham
|publisher=Printed by John Baskerville
|year=1765
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|pages=[12], [II]-XIII, [2], 504, [16] pages
}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barclay Robert Barclay] (1648-1690) was an early convert to Quakerism.<ref>Gordon DesBrisay, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1347 “Barclay, Robert, of Ury (1648–1690)”] in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed October 2, 2013. (Subscription required for access).</ref> He spent most of his life’s work spreading and defending those beliefs. His work did not come without a price&mdash;he was imprisoned numerous times.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s. v. "Robert Barclay," accessed October 02, 2013, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/53083/Robert-Barclay.</ref> His ''An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers'' is the definitive statement and defense of Quakerism.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Barclay’s theological background allowed him to articulate and defend it in terms that non-Quakers could understand.<ref>Robert Barclay, ''An Apology for the True Christian Divinity'', ed. Licia Kuenning (Farmington: 2002), iii.</ref> Barclay first wrote and published ''Apology'' in Latin in 1676; he later translated and republished it in English in 1678.<ref>Ibid.</ref> ''Apology'' has been described as "one of the most impressive theological writings of the [seventeenth] century ... It is impressive in style; grave, logical, and often marked by the eloquence of lofty moral convictions."<ref>"Barclay, Robert," in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' ed. Leslie Stephen (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1885), 169.</ref> Beyond this significant contribution to Quakerism, Barclay was also the Governor of East Jersey, now part of the State of New Jersey, from 1682 to 1688.<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "Robert Barclay."</ref> 

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in contemporary calf and very neatly re-backed in matching leather with gilt-decorated spine. Purchased from Argosy Book Store.<br /> 
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See this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3466253 William & Mary's online catalog].
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