1692 HENRY LAYTON. Rare Sammelband of 5 Works on the Conditional Immortality of the Soul.

  An American association copy of an important assemblage of 17th century philosophical and apologetic works relative to the immortality of the soul by Henry Layton [1622-1705]. Layton was an influential philosopher, a contemporary of John Locke, and interacted deeply with Richard Bentley. His works were published anonymously, but deeply impacted late 17th century thinking, prompting a response from Presbyterian, Timothy Manlove, and also engaged by the puritan, John Flavel in his Pneumatologia. His works argued that the "soul" was a production of the mind and defended the position from philosophy, physiology, human experience, and Scripture. He worked in the Christian orthodox tradition and affirmed the deity of Christ and the resurrection and return of Christ. His position was that the "gift of eternal life" endued the soul with its ability to participate in the eschaton, i.e. became eternal. He may be viewed as the modern father of "conditional immortality."  His works were so contr