Piety Without Asceticism, or The Protestant Kempis: A Manual of Christian Faith and Practice, Selected from the Writings of Scougal, Charles How, and Cudworth

John Jebb; Henry Scougal; Charles How

Published by James Duncan

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1837 second edition James Duncan (London), 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches tall full leather bound, double gilt-ruled boards, five raised bands and ornate gilt decorations to spine, gilt dentelles to all board edges, marbled page edges and endpapers, green ribbon marker sewn in, xiv, [2], 488 pp. Light soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Front exterior hinge cracked, with a chip to the top of the rer exterior hinge, but the binding is quite solid. 1848 and 1880 prior owner inscriptions to blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of the scarce compilation of Protestant devotional works. ~KKK~ In this compilation by Irish Protestant Bishop John Jebb (1775-1833), the writings of Scottish theologian, minister and author Henry Scougal (1650-1678), author Charles How (1661-1745) and English theologian Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688) are excerpted and edited to form a book of readings which Jebb compares to the Catholic monk Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471), whose Imitation of Christ was perhaps the most reprinted Christian devotional work after the Bible. Seller Inventory # KKK-0771-7721

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Title: Piety Without Asceticism, or The Protestant ...

Publisher: James Duncan

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