The great importance of a religious life considered / by William Melmoth ; to which are added, prefatory observations on the credibility of the Christian religion ; and a few concise observations on prayer.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Melmoth, William, 1666-1743.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2649.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian life.

Apologetics--History--19th century.

Apologetics.

History.

Prayer.

Physical Description:

313 pages ; 17 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Edition:

From the twenty-third London edition.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria [Va.] : Printed by Cottom and Stewart for Samuel Bishop, 1802.

Notes:

For a listing of titles in each box consult American bibliography : a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

First issued anonumously, London, 1711.

"Prefatory observations" which include sections from Soame Jenyns' A view of the internal evidence of the Christian religion, from William Paley' A view of the evidences of Christianity, and from Robert Hall's Modern infidelity, were added by the publisher. Prayers (at end) were substituted by the editor for those used by Melmoth in the 1713 and later editions. Cf. p. 7, [298]; Dict. nat. biog.

Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1965. 4 microopaques ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2649).

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 2649.

OCLC:

15449694