A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION ON THE CXXXth PSALM. Wherein The Nature of the Forgiveness of Sin is declared, the Truth and Reality of it asserted; and the Case of a Soul distressed with the Guilt of Sin, and relieved by a discovery of Forgiveness with God, is at large discoursed. [From the library of East Hampton, Long Island Presbyterian minister REV. SAMUEL BUELL].

(Buell, Rev. Samuel). Owen, John, D.D.

Published by London: Printed for Nathaniel Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, near the Church, 1680., 1680

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- Duodecimo (12mo), 7-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Leather bound hardcover, bound in full ruled calf titled on a later homemade label on the spine. The rubbed & scuffed covers are detached and the spine is chipped. Pages [1-8], 1-167 & 176-400. Despite the pagination, the text is continuous and therefore complete. The front endpaper is detached and chipped along the edges and the book lacks the portrait frontispiece. There is a small piece torn from the bottom corner of the front blank and a larger piece torn from the top of the rear blank. There is a tiny hole on pages 83/84 with the loss of a few letters. Short tears to the inner edges of four leaves (pages 177-184) have been repaired with clear archival document tape. There is occasional minor faint foxing and soiling throughout. From the library of the famous East Hampton, Long Island Presbyterian minister, the Reverend Samuel Buell, signed twice by him in 1753. During the Revolution he was very active in supporting the American cause. He was a close friend of Samson Occom, a native American who was a member of the Mohegan nation, and he preached at Occom's ordination as a Presbyterian cleric. Both Buell and Occom were powerful voices in the teachings of the Great Awakening. While remembered as a friend of the native American community on Long Island, he was also a prolific slaveholder. Buell has signed "Saml Buells Book 1753" on the front endpaper and at the head of the title page. A printed label under his signature on the endpaper records his gift of the book: "[ N 2 ] AARON WOOLWORTH's EX DONO Rev. S. BUELL, D.D." Aaron Woolworth (1763-1821) was Buell's son-in-law, having married Buell's daughter, Mary Buell Woolworth (1768-1849), on August 27, 1788. Aaron Woolworth was also a Presbyterian minister. On the verso of the front cover is a later label with the name "James Brown Thornton" and the pencil date of 1848. An earlier ownership signature dated 1699 has been crossed out by a later owner of the book and is not legible.First published in 1669, this is the second edition. On the verso of the title page is the Imprimatur, October 12, 1668. The book is much more than a commentary on Psalm 130 and is rather a series of discourses. Owen was particularly moved by verse 4 of the Psalm: "But there is forgiveness with thee: that thou maist be feared". Pages 64 to 350 are devoted to this single verse.

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• Title: A PRACTICAL EXPOSITION ON THE CXXXth PSALM. Wherein The Nature of the Forgiveness of Sin is declared, the Truth and Reality of it asserted; and the Case of a Soul distressed with the Guilt of Sin, and relieved by a discovery of Forgiveness with God, is at large discoursed. [From the library of East Hampton, Long Island Presbyterian minister REV. SAMUEL BUELL].
• Publisher: London: Printed for Nathaniel Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, near the Church, 1680.
• Publication Date: 1680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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