Human Nature in its Fourfold State [...] in Several Practical Discourses. A New Edition, Carefully Corrected
by BOSTON, Thomas
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Glasgow: J. and M. Robertson, 1794. Small octavo (17cm). Full period calf with leather spine label; xvi,[1]-441,[1]pp. A few leaves from the first gathering have pulled loose from the sewing and there is faint, scattered foxing, but still a tidy copy, the original binding well-preserved and the text generally clean and tight; Very Good. Early ink ownership signature ("Thomas Johnston") to verso of title page, undated.
The best-known and most influential work by the Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian Thomas Boston (1676-1732). A classic work of Puritan exegesis, The Fourfold State (first published in 1720) focuses on the primacy of sin and the necessity of being "born again;" according to DNB it was "the most frequently reprinted Scottish book of the eighteenth century," being reprinted more than 50 times before 1800. The current edition, though late, is uncommon; OCLC notes just four locations, of which only two in North America. ESTC T74877.
The best-known and most influential work by the Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian Thomas Boston (1676-1732). A classic work of Puritan exegesis, The Fourfold State (first published in 1720) focuses on the primacy of sin and the necessity of being "born again;" according to DNB it was "the most frequently reprinted Scottish book of the eighteenth century," being reprinted more than 50 times before 1800. The current edition, though late, is uncommon; OCLC notes just four locations, of which only two in North America. ESTC T74877.
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- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
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- Title
- Human Nature in its Fourfold State [...] in Several Practical Discourses. A New Edition, Carefully Corrected
- Author
- BOSTON, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. and M. Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1794
- Keywords
- puritanism calvinism
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