Edward Elwall
(1676–1744)

English mercer and grocer; successively Unitarian, Anglican, Ebionite, respecter of Islam, Seventh day Sabbatarian. His anonymous printer may have been George Wilson (fl. 1724-1748) who was replaced by his widow.

Works

  • A true testimony for God and his sacred Law; being a plain, honest defence of the First Commandment of God, against all the Trinitarians under Heaven
Response to Elwall's True Testimony for God by James Barter
To James Barter's Reflections on my Late Book Intitled A True Testimony for God and for His Sacred Law
  • A Defence of the Fourth Commandment of God in Answer to a Treatise entitled The Religious Observation of the Lord's Day, 1724
The Religious Observation of the Lord's Day by Dr. S. Wright to which he was responding
  • A Reply to James Barter's Reflections
  • Dagon fallen before the Ark of God: or, the inventions of men not able to stand before the first commandment 1725 in response to Author:James Barter
  • Dagon fallen upon his Stumps (1726) Google Books
  • Elwall's challenge to George II to meet him in James's Park
  • With the case of the Seventh Day Sabbath-Keepers consider'd, as intended to be laid before the Parliament
  • The vanity and improbability of expecting that any good Jews should ever be brought over to the pretended Christian Religion
  • A declaration against all the kings and temporal power under heaven. Shewing that they have no Authority, 1734
  • The Grand Question in Religion … With an Account of the Author's Tryal (1736)
  • The true and sure way to remove hirelings out of the church, by freeing mankind from the forced maintenance of priests 1738
    With an answer to my beloved friend Thomas Chubb’s dissertation, concerning the time for keeping the sabbath
    And a short remark on Daniel Dobel’s late book upon the same subject, 1738
  • Letter to William Nassau, Prince of Orange

Works about Elwall

Misattributed

  • The 1737 Sermon preached in the Grand Assembly of Quakers in London was misattributed to Elwall but believed to be actually the work of Alberto Radicati, count di Passerano

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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