An extract of a very interesting account of the happy death of a penitent malefactor / first published in London by the Rev. John Fletcher, author of Checks to Antinomianism, &c. ; [One line of Scripture text].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, John, 1729-1785.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25436.

Standardized Title:

Penitent thief

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilkes, John, -1773.

Wilkes, John.

Conversion.

Repentance.

Genre:

Hymns.

Physical Description:

24 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Printed for the publisher., 1812.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Running title: The penitent thief.

First and second editions, printed at Shrewsbury and London, have title: The penitent thief: or, A narrative of two women fearing God, who visited in prison a highway-man, executed at Stafford, April the 3d, 1773 ...

Another issue (not in Shaw & Shoemaker) has title: The penitent malefactor with an account of his triumphant exit out of time into eternity. London printed; New-York; Reprinted for the publisher. 1812.

"A hymn, given out by the parish clerk, at the gallows, before John Wilkes was turned off."--p. 22-24.

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. 25436).

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