THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN THE SOUL.
Illustrated in Course of Serious and Practical Addresses, Suited to Persons of every Character and Circumstance. With a Devout Mediation and Prayer, Added to each Chapter. To all which is Subjoined A Plain and Serious Address to the Master of the Family on the Important Subject of Family Religion.
- Wilmington: Robert Porter, 1810.
- 8vo.
- original full calf, smooth spine in six compartments with gilt borders
- x, 311 pages.
- ISBN: none
Price: $50.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 67816
First edition (there was a reprint later in 1814). Spine ends worn, rubbing to extremities and hinges. Front free endpaper loose, yet present. Textblock darkended, as usual, else a near fine copy. With a printed endorsement of this work by the Presbytery of New-Castle on verso of title page.
Philip Doddridge D.D. (1702-1751) was an English Nonconformist minister, educator, and hymnwriter. Throughout the 1730s and 1740s Doddridge continued his academic and pastoral work, and developed close relations with numerous early religious revivalists and independents, through extensive visits and correspondence. Through this approach he helped establish and maintain a circle of influential independent religious thinkers and writers, including Dr Isaac Watts . He also became a prolific author and hymnwriter. In 1736 both the universities at Aberdeen gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.