Blazing stars, messengers of God's wrath; in a few serious and solemn meditations upon the late wonderful comet : which for some time has flamed in our horizon. Beginning or first visible appearance, Decem. 26. 1743. Together with a solemn call to sinners, and counsel to saints; how to behave themselves when God is in this wise speaking to them from heaven.
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The third impression. |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 49218. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Verse in thirty-seven stanzas; first line: Canst thou by searching find out God. Followed by the "Improvement" in fifty-six lines; first line: And now O Earth, O Earth attend. The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is mutilated. Presumably printed for and sold by Benjamin Gray based on remaining portion of imprint; relief cut of comet and observers (not in Reilly) also appeared in the third edition of the History of the Holy Jesus, "Printed for B. Gray ... 1746." Possibly printed by John Green; the same cut also appeared in the fifth edition of the History of the Holy Jesus, "Printed by J. Green, 1748." Text in three columns; printed area measures 37.6 x 21.8 cm. Not in Evans or Bristol. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 40 x 27 cm. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |