The bloody tenent yet more bloody: by Mr Cottons endevour to wash it white in the blood of the lambe of whose precious blood, spilt in the blood of his servants ; and of the blood of millions spilt in former and later wars for conscience sake, that most bloody tenent of persecution for cause of conscience, upon a second tryal, is found now more apparently and more notoriously guilty. In this rejoynder to Mr Cotton, are principally I. The nature of persecution, II. The power of the civill sword in spirituals examined ; III. The Parliaments permission of dissenting consciences justified. Also (as a testimony to Mr Clarks narrative) is added a letter to Mr Endicot governor of the Massachusets in N.E / [Preliminary addresses] :

The preliminary addresses written by Roger Williams to the English Parliament, the General Courts of New England, and to the Reader, which originally prefaced his reply to John Cotton's, The bloudy tenent, washed, and made white in the bloud of the Lambe