特色：
AHolyCommomvealthwaswrittenin1659bythePruriten,ministerRichardBaxter,andprovedtobethemostcontroversialofallhisworks,HePubliclyrepudiateditin1670,andin1683theOxfordUniversityauthoritiesorderredittobepartofabook-burningthatincludedthewordsofHobbesandMilton.ThescandalthatsurroundedithasobscureditsmeritsasthemostcandidofconfessionsastowhyaconservativePuritanfoughtforProtectorate.TheviewsitexpressesareatvariancewiththecautiousexplanationsgiveninBaxter`slatermemoirs.ThiseditionofAHolyCommomvealthmakesavailabletomodernreadersaworkwhichoffersauniqueperpectiveontherelationbetweenChurchandmahistrateinaChristianCommonwealthandontheoriginsoftheEnglishCivilWar.