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The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion, undermin'd by unchristian practice /

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Main Author: Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681
Other Authors: Fell, John, 1625-1686, Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683, Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, -1679, Henchman, Humphrey, 1592-1675
Format: Microform Book
Language:English
Series:Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 372:19.
Subjects:
Christian life > Early works to 1800.
Sin > Early works to 1800.
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Item Description:Title page vignette, engraved.
"The whole duty of man", variously ascribed to John Fell, Dorothy Pakington, R. Sterne, H. Henchman, and others, is generally attributed to Richard Allestree. Cf. Oxford comp. to English lit., 1985; BM; NUC pre-1956; Wing. For a discussion of the authorship, see Nichols, J. Literary anecdotes, 1812, ii, pages 597-604.
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
"Private devotions": pages [437]-452.
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Physical Description:20 unnumbered pages, 452 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations