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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, d. 1679, Henchman, Humphrey, 1592-1675
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed by R. Norton for M. Garthwait ..., 1669.
Series:Early English books online.
Subjects:
Christian life > Early works to 1800.
Sin > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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 compiler 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.
First edition Cf. NUC pre-1956.
Coats of arms on t.p., verso.
Advertisement: pages 452.
Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.
"Private devotions": pages [437]-452.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([20], 452 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, coats of arms.