MUGGLETONIANISM
MUGGLETONIANISM
 Lodowicke (or Lodowick) Muggleton (1609–98) and his cousin John Reeve (1608–58) were the founders of the Muggletonians, a small Christian sect that denied the doctrine of the Trinity, believed that God would no longer interfere in human affairs after the revelation of their founders, and condemned prayer and preaching. In
addition to these more prosaic theological doctrines, Reeve also held that
the Sun went around the earth and that the sphere of the heavens was not above
six miles high from the surface of the earth
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The End Times, According to Muggleton 
Muggleton, Lodowick. A true interpretation of the eleventh chapter of the Revelation of St. John, and other texts in that book; as also many other places of Scripture. London: Pr. for the author, 1662. 4to (18.9 cm, 7.4"). [16], 172, [2 (blank)] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: Final blank leaf with inked inscriptions reading “Tho.s. Scupholme His Book 1740" and “Henery Collier His Book 1759.”
• ESTC R267; Wing (rev. ed.) M3050; Smith, Anti-Quakeriana, 305. Period-style calf, covers framed in blind double fillets, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title-label. Pages age-toned and spotted; one leaf with tear from lower margin into text, sewn by hand some time ago. (26004)
Muggleton
& the WitchMuggleton, Lodowick. A true interpretation of the Witch of Endor, spoken of in I Sam. XXVIII. begin. at the 11th verse...the second edition. London: Pr. by subscription, 1724. 4to (21 cm, 8.25"). [4], 50, 20 pp.
Click the image to the left for an enlargement. • ESTC N27760. Contemporary-style full modern calf, covers framed and panelled in gilt with gilt-stamped corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped floral devices in compartments; marbled endpapers. Title-page with outer margin repaired at fore-edge. Pages age-toned, with minor foxing observable primarily in margins; first few leaves with edge nicks. One pencilled shouldernote, two pencilled decorative emphasis marks. A handsome copy, in all.
The
Prophet
Defends
HimselfMuggleton,
Lodowick. [drop-title] The prophet Muggleton’s epistle to the believers
of the commission, touching the rebellion occasioned by the nine assertions. [London?,
ca. 1690]. 4to (21 cm, 8.25"). A–B4 χ1 C2;
22 pp. 
• ESTC R214286; Wing (rev.) M3040; Smith, Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana, 313. On Muggleton, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XXXIX, 264–67; and Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 948. Recent marbled paper over light boards; front cover with a paper label lettered in black. Light waterstaining along the top edge, light brown-spotting, and tissue paper repairs along gutter of first and last leaves: none of this obscuring print.
Muggleton
vs. the Quaker
Muggleton,
Lodowick. An answer to Isaac Pennington [sic], Esq; his book intituled,
Observations on some passages of Lodowick Muggleton’s interpretation of
the 11th chapter of the Revelations.... London: Pr. by subscription, 1719. 4to
(21.1 cm, 8.25"). [2] ff., 24 pp.
The title of this second edition (first edition, 1662) is within a simple border of type ornaments, and the text has two typographical headpieces and a xylographic tailpiece.
• ESTC T93652; Smith, Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana, 311–12. On Muggleton and the Muggletonians, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XXXIX, 264–67; and Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 948. On Penington, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XLIV, 297–300. Recent marbled paper over light boards; front cover with a paper label lettered in black. Spotting, staining, and occasional tears in the margins (repaired with tissue paper) with no loss of text. Pencilled marginalia.
Muggleton
onChrist’s
BaptismMuggleton,
Lodowick. [drop-title] Lodowick Muggleton’s Letter to Robert Peirce,
concerning the Holy Ghost. [London, 1719]. 4to (21.1 cm, 8.25"). 8 pp. 
• Not in ESTC; Smith, Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana, 311. On Muggleton, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XXXIX, 264–67; and on the movement, see: Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 948. Recent marbled paper over light boards; front cover with a paper label lettered in black. Browned with darker spotting. Chipping in the margins repaired with tissue paper. Pencilled marginalia including a nota hand on p. 3.
Central Work of Muggletonian Theology:
The Third & Last Testament Reeve, John, & Lodowick Muggleton. A divine looking-glass: Or, the third and last testament of our Lord Jesus Christ.... London: Pr. for Lodowick Muggleton, 1661. 4to (19 cm, 7.4"). [8], 208 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • ESTC R35141; Wing (rev. ed.) R676; Smith, Anti-Quakeriana, 303. Period-style calf, covers framed in blind double fillets, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title-label. Lower (closed) edges rubber-stamped. Pages age-toned and spotted, with edge nicks and one notch affecting affecting a page header (this shown in our image furthest-right); one leaf with short tear from outer margin, extending into text without loss. One page with early inked annotation. (26003)
How God SufferedReeve, John, & Lodowick Muggleton. [drop-title] An epistle of the prophet Reeve. Written in the year, 1656. [London, 1670?]. 4to (21.1 cm, 8.25"). A4 (A4 lacking); 8 pp. (pp. 7–8 lacking, but supplied in early in manuscript). • Wing (rev.) R677; ESTC T229795 & R223718; Smith, Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana, 311. On Reeve, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XLVII, 408–409. On Muggleton, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XXXIX, 264–67. On the Muggletonians, see: Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 948. Recent marbled paper over light boards; front cover with a paper label lettered in black. Faint library rubber-stamp on recto of next-to-last leaf. Browned with darker spotting; chipping in the margins repaired with tissue paper. Pp. 7–8 lacking, text thereof supplied in manuscript. Underlining in pencil.
“Wo unto All Ministerial Counterfeits!” Reeve, John, & Lodowick Muggleton. Joyful news from heaven: Or, the last intelligence from our glorified Jesus above the stars: Wherein is infallibly recorded, how that the soul dieth in the body.... London: Pr. by T.J. for Francis Cosinet, 1658. 4to (18.9 cm, 7.4"). [2], 78, [2 (blank)] pp.
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• ESTC R32277; Wing (rev. ed.) R679; Smith, Anti-Quakeriana, 304; Whitley, Baptist Bibliography, 49-658. Period-style calf, covers framed in blind double fillets, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title-label. Pages age-toned and spotted; one leaf with outer and lower margins repaired some time ago as shown in last photo. (26001)
Muggletonian
Stand againstReligious
Persecution
Reeve, John, &
Lodowick Muggleton. A remonstrance from the eternall God: Declaring
severall spirituall transactions unto the Parliament, and Common-wealth of England,
unto His Excellency, the Lord Generall Cromwell, the Councell of State, the
Councell of Warre, and to all that love the second appearing of the Lord Jesus,
the onely wise God and everlasting Father, blessed for ever. [London]: 1653.
4to (19.1 cm, 7.5"). 15, [1 (blank)] pp.
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on the righthand image above, and reading the last, italicized paragraph, is
rewarding. OCLC and ESTC locate only six U.S. institutional holdings.
• ESTC R40093; Wing (rev. ed.) R682; Smith, Anti-Quakeriana, 303. Period-style calf, covers framed in blind double fillets, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title-label. Title-page and first text page institutionally perforation-stamped, first text page with inked and rubber-stamped numerals in lower margin. Title-page with several tears repaired (with loss of a few letters from table of contents) and a sliver of the bottom edge replaced (with loss of lower portion of publication date); pages generally age-toned and soiled, first one with upper margin repaired. Edges trimmed closely and tattered. A “survivor.” (26010)
Two
Witnesses . . . Reeve,
John, & Lodowick Muggleton. Remonstrance from the eternal God: declaring
several spiritual transactions unto the parliament, and commonwealth of England,
unto...the Lord General Cromwell, the council of state, and the council of war....
[London]: Reprinted, 1719. 4to (21.1 cm, 8.25"). 24 pp.
• ESTC T110020; Smith, Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana, 303. On Reeve, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XLVII, 408–409. On Muggleton, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XXXIX, 264–67. On the Muggletonians, see: Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 948. Recent marbled paper over light boards; front cover with a paper label lettered in black. Lightly browned with darker spotting and staining.
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