Essays Upon the Following Subjects, Viz.: 1. Of generosity, 2. Of the new man, 3. Of the government of the eye, 4. De ratione fidei, &c., 5. Of the soul of man, 6. Of freedom of liberty of body and mind, 7. Of the passions and affections, 8. Of human perfection, 9. Of the origin of sin, &c., 10. Of gratitude, 11. Of the blessed Trinity, and somewhat of the mode, 12. Of eternal damnation for temporal sin; the justice and even mercy of God therein, vindicated, 13. Of dreams, 14. Of the government of our thoughts, 15. Of happiness, 16. Of sinful ideas, 17. Of families, and leaving a great estate to children, 18. A letter to Sir R. Southwell, when president of the Royal Society, touching the equivocal generation of plants and insects; wherein the creation of the world is particularly lookt into, 19. Of reading the Holy Scriptures, &c., 20. Of persons running in debt, and dying without payment
first edition Hardcover
1724 · London
by Bulstrode, Whitelock
London: A. Bettesworth... and J. Clarke..., 1724. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary morocco, rebacked, gilt-stamped lettering in leather spine label in second compartment (5 gilt-ruled raised bands); 8vo; pp. [6] (ads, frontis., title-p.), xviii, 364. Some misnumbering to final pages. Boards a bit scuffed and chipped; corners bumped. Uncommon. (Inventory #: JC14344)