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An account of the fearful state of Francis Spira, after he turned from the Protestant church to popery. : To which is added a collection of narratives. The whole being designed as an antidote against apostacy, backsliding, and infidelity. / By Theopilus Atherton. ; [Three lines from Ezra].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bacon, Nathaniel, 1593-1660.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 47039.
Standardized Title:
Relation of the fearful state of Francis Spira
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Spira, Francesco, -1548.
Spira, Francesco.
Child, John, 1638?-1684.
Child, John.
Edwards, George, 1661-1704.
Edwards, George.
Diazius, John.
Julian, Emperor of Rome, 331-363.
Julian.
Catholic Church.
Catholic converts.
Apostasy.
Atheism.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
vi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 134 pages ; 15 cm
Place of Publication:
Poughkeepsie [N.Y.]: : Printed by P. Potter., 1819.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Contents:
An account of the fearful state of Francis Spira
An account of the fearful state of Mr. John Child
The irreligious life, and miserable death of Mr. George Edwards, late of Stratford, in the county of Essex, who murdered himself, Jan. the 4th, 1704
The remarkable history of John Diazius and his barbarous brother
Julian the Apostate
From the Experienced Christian's magazine. Vol. I. An account of the death of Fr
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An account of the life and death of R***** A****** late of Talbot Maryland. ...
An account of the death of a young gentleman, by Dr. Young, who attended him in his last moments ...
An account of William Pope
The fall, lamentatin, and recovery of Origen ...
Conclusion.
Notes:
Earlier editions have title: A relation of the fearful state of Francis Spira.
Compiled by Nathaniel Bacon from the contemporary accounts of P.P. Vergerio, M. Gribaldi, H. Scrimger, S. Gelous, and M. Borrhaus. Cf. the preface to the London edition of 1657.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 47039).
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