The Perfection of the Divine Law; And Its usefulness For the Conversion of Souls.A Sermon Delivered in the College-Chapel, in New-Haven, on the morning after the commencement, A. D. M. DCC. LXXXVII. By John Smalley, A. M., Paster of a Church in Berlin
by Smalley, John. A. M
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New Haven, Ct.: Printed by Josiah Meigs, 1787. 16mo pamphlet (21 cm), printed self-wrappers, disbound from sammelbound. 25 pp., manuscript pp. 240-265 written in ink top outside corner of each p., including title page and verso. First Printing. Calvinist minister, theologian, and Yale (1756) graduate John Smalley discusses Psalm XIX, "The Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." Smalley was a member of the New Divinity movement, associated with Jonathan Edwards. REFERENCE: Evans 20710. CONDITION: Leaves separating at spine, 3 cm. damp stain to terminal leaf and other minor stains, foxing throughout.
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- The Perfection of the Divine Law; And Its usefulness For the Conversion of Souls.A Sermon Delivered in the College-Chapel, in New-Haven, on the morning after the commencement, A. D. M. DCC. LXXXVII. By John Smalley, A. M., Paster of a Church in Berlin
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