first edition 24; 8 pp. A-C4 A4. 1 vols. 8vo
1726 · London
by [Wynne], John, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
London: Printed and sold by Joseph Downing, in Bartholomew-Close, near West-Smithfield, 1726. First edition. 24; 8 pp. A-C4 A4. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. First edition. 24; 8 pp. A-C4 A4. 1 vols. 8vo. Societies for the Suppression of Vice. A sermon to the converters, on the general theme of "true" and false" shame. The second part is an annual account of the Societies ("The one and thirtieth account of the progress made in the cities of London and Westminster, and places adjacent, by the Societies for Promoting a Reformation of Manners"), and it boasts of the successes of Societies: "... Multitudes, for more than Thirty Years lasat past, have been prosecuted, and punished according to Law, for lewd and scandalous Practices. Great numbers of Bawdy-Houses ... have been suppressed and shut up, and the streets very much purged from the wretched tribe of Night-walking Prostitutes, and most detestable Sodomites ..." There is a final plea for financial aid, and a disavowal the scurrilous charge of mercenary motives
As for the author of the sermonr, "Wynne was one of the few Welshmen to be appointed to a Welsh diocese in the eighteenth century. He acquired a reputation for appointing local men to benefices in his gift and he was a notable collector and patron of Welsh books. But, apart from the Abridgment, he published only three single sermons ..." - Oxford DNB. ESTC T219030; OCLC 32150495 (Inventory #: 221319)
As for the author of the sermonr, "Wynne was one of the few Welshmen to be appointed to a Welsh diocese in the eighteenth century. He acquired a reputation for appointing local men to benefices in his gift and he was a notable collector and patron of Welsh books. But, apart from the Abridgment, he published only three single sermons ..." - Oxford DNB. ESTC T219030; OCLC 32150495 (Inventory #: 221319)