Knowles concerning the Divinity of Jesus Christ: for the beating out and further clearing up of truth, 4to, London, 1650. For printing and publishing this tract John Whittell, girdler, of Milk Street, London, had to appear before the council of state in July of that year. Thomas Porter, 'minister at Whitchurch,’ replied the following year in 'A Serious Exercitation.' Paper concerning the Godhead of Christ, 8vo, London, 1650, written to rebut the Socinian arguments of John Knowles. A more elaborate reply was The Mystery of God Incarnate; or the Word made Flesh cleered up: or, A Vindication of certain Scriptures … from the corrupt Glosses, false Interpretations, and sophisticall Argumentations of M. John Knowles, who denies the Divinity of Christ. Also, Certain Annotations and Observations upon a Pamphlet entituled A Confession of Faith concerning the Holy Trinity, etc., whereunto is annexed the attestation of Philip Nye [and others], 12mo, London, 1650. Vindication, or further Confirmation of some other Scriptures, produced to prove the Divinity of Jesus Christ, distorted and miserably wrested and abused by M. John Knowles, with a discourse, 8vo, London, 1651. The Quakers Confuted; being an Answer unto nineteen Queries propounded by them, and sent to the Elders of the Church of Duckinfield in Cheshire. … Together with an Answer to a Letter which was written … by one of them (R. Waller) [with the Letter], 4to, London, 1654. This venomous attack was answered anonymously during the same year, and was glanced at by George Fox in his Great Mystery, 1659, and Journal. References 1596 births 1665 deaths 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers 17th-century English theologians Schoolteachers from Cheshire Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge English Christian religious leaders 17th-century American people American Christian clergy 17th-century English educators