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Boston: Kneeland and Green, 1737. Very Good. Boston: Printed and sold by Kneeland and Green, in Queenstreet, 1737. First Edition. Small octavo (18cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep along spine edge; [4],51,[1]pp. ([A] - G4, collated complete with half title); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Erratum at end of p. 46. Minor soil and foxing to extremities, brief contemporary manuscript equations along bottom margin of half title page, else a Very Good, still quite fresh copy of a rare early American imprint. Appleton concludes his sermon, "And here I would say for all, (because I don't intend to meddle with those thorny Points) that the more humble and jealous you are of yourselves, the more charitable, meek, and condescending towards your Neighbours, and the more careful you are that no injustice be done them, the more evident it will be that you are won over to Christ" (p. 45). Quite uncommon: none in the trade or auction records as of February, 2023. ESTC 2507; EVANS 4111.
SUPERIOR SKILL AND WISDOM NECESSARY FOR WINNING SOULS, WHICH IS THE GRAND DESIGN OF THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE, Illustrated in a Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Sparhawk, To the Pastoral Office over a Church of Christ in Salem; on the eighth day of December, 1736. By Nathanael Appleton, M.A. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge. Together with the Charge given by the Reverend Mr. Holyoke : And the Right Hand of Fellowship, by the Reverend Mr. Prescott. by (Sparhawk, John). Appleton, Nathanael (Nathaniel) - 1737.
by (Sparhawk, John). Appleton, Nathanael (Nathaniel)
SUPERIOR SKILL AND WISDOM NECESSARY FOR WINNING SOULS, WHICH IS THE GRAND DESIGN OF THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE, Illustrated in a Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Sparhawk, To the Pastoral Office over a Church of Christ in Salem; on the eighth day of December, 1736. By Nathanael Appleton, M.A. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge. Together with the Charge given by the Reverend Mr. Holyoke : And the Right Hand of Fellowship, by the Reverend Mr. Prescott.
by (Sparhawk, John). Appleton, Nathanael (Nathaniel)
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Boston: Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Green, in Queenstreet, 1737., 1737.. Fair. - Octavo. 7-1/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stitched self-wrappers. A piece is torn from the top corner of the front cover, without loss to the title, with a small strip torn from the bottom edge of that cover. The covers are darkened & stained with creases to the edges and stab marks through the left edge. [2] & 51 deckle-edged pages and [1 blank], with formal woodcut head and tailpieces. The overlapping edges of a couple of leaves are chipped and there is evidence of minor early worming to the bottom inner edge of a few pages. A few corners are creased and there is some light dampstaining to the top right edge of several pages. The half-title is lacking, else the book collates as complete.
First edition. [Evans 4111].
The Revivalist Congregational pastor Nathanael [Nathaniel] Appleton (1693-1784) was the pastor at the Church of Christ in Cambridge from 1717 to 1783. It is now called the "First Church in Cambridge". Appleton graduated from Harvard in 1712 and was ordained at Cambridge in 1717. He was elected a fellow of Harvard in that same year. In 1771, Harvard conferred upon him only the second degree it had ever granted of Doctor of Divinity (the first was awarded to Increase Mather 80 years earlier).
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- Publisher Boston: Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Green, in Queenstreet, 1737.
- Date Published 1737.
- Keywords RELIGION; HISTORY; AMERICANA; SERMON; SUPERIOR SKILL AND WISDOM NECESSARY FOR WINNING SOULS, WHICH IS THE GRAND DESIGN OF THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE; ILLUSTRATED IN A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND MR. JOHN SPARHAWK, TO THE PASTORAL OFFICE
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Superiour Skill and Wisdom Necessary for Winning Souls, which is the grand design of the ministerial office, illustrated in a sermon preached at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Sparhawk, to the pastoral office over a Church of Christ in Salem; on the eighth day of December, 1736 ... Together with The Charge given by the Reverend Mr. Holyoke: And The Right Hand of Fellowship, by the Reverend Mr. Prescott
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