Williams Rev Peter 1723 (1 results)

Contemporary full leather binding in Fair/Good condition. Boards well worn and soiled due to age. Spine divided into six sections with upper section missing. Hinges fragile with internal cracking, but holding. Last few pages loose. Contents Good. The title page has details of previous owners neatly written in ink as follows - 'Cadwaladr LLoyd his book 1773' 'Thomas Lloyd's book' 'Thomas Lloyd Glan Twrch berchenog y llyf hwn March 30 1922' To inside the back boards is written in ink - ' Robert Roberts Cwmtylo iw gwir berchenog y llyfr hwn'. This is a Welsh language Concordance to the Welsh Bible largely based on a smaller work by Abel Morgan published in 1730 at Philadelphia, USA. Peter Williams was a prominent leader of Welsh methodism in the eighteenth century, best known for publishing Welsh-language bibles and bible commentary. He was born near Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. Whilst a student at Carmarthen Grammar School in 1743 he was converted to methodism after hearing a sermon by George Whitefield. He was ordained a deacon in 1745. He was refused ordination as a priest due to his methodist beliefs and became associated with water Street Chapel Carmarthen. He joined the Methodists in 1747 and began to tour the country preaching. He began to publish copies of Welsh language bibles at an affordable price. The first edition was published in 1770. He produced commentaries on biblical chapters. However, his commentary on John1 led to suggestions that he sypathized with Sabellianism. In 1791 the matter came to head at a methodist Association at Llandeilo and Williams was expelled. he died at Llandyfaelog on the 8th August 1796.…