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A BRIEF SCHEME OF Parochial Government: or, a method of Promoting the Welfare of a Single Parish. Particularly in the Country; and thereby of the Publick Good, in several short Proposals or Requests. By Samuel Blackwell, B.D. Rector of Brampton by Bingley, Northamptonshire. The Third Edition.
London: Printed and Sold by J. Downing, 1722. Price Three Pence. 48 pages. 12mo. Disbound from a collection. A very good copy.
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A CHARGE Delivered at a Visitation, Held for the Archdeaconry of Northumberland. In the Year M,DCC,LXI.
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by John White and Company; for W. Charnley, Newcastle; and sold by J. Richardson, 1761. 25, [1 ad's] pages. 4to. Disbound from a collection. First edition. A very good, clean copy.
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A DEFENCE OF THE ANSWER TO THE REMARKS UPON DR. CLARKE'S EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH-CATECHISM. Wherein The Difference between moral and positive Duties is fully stated. Being a reply to a Pamphlet entitled, The nature, Obligation, and Efficacy of th4e Sacrament consider'd.
London.J. and J. Knapton. 1730. 102, 2pp. [catalogue.] First edition. Disbound. 8vo. Uncut as issued; tatty at the edges with loss of corners to title-page; title and last leaf of ad's a little soiled; else a very good copy.
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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PULPIT AND A READING DESK: By a member of the Church of England.
London.W. Nicoll. 1767. [2], 3-93, [1]pp. Disbound, probably from a collection. 12mo. First edition. Title-page a little spotted and browned at margins; light spotting here and there throughout; else very good copy.
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A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.
London: Sheed & Ward, 1952 - 56. Reprints. Three volumes in dust-wrappers. Some pencil annotation in volume I; wrappers a little tired and worn; else a very good set.
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A Regular Method of Governing a Family: Or Bringing up Children and Servants in the Service of God. Recommended to the serious Consideration and conscientious Practice of the Heads and Governours of Families. By the Author of, The Way of Living in a Method and by Rule. The Second Edition.
London: J. Downing, 1729. Price Three-pence. 47, [1 ad] pages. 12mo. Disbound from a collection. Title-page a little browned. First and second leaves have short vertical tears at the gutter, but without loss; else very good.
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A SERIES OF DISCOURSES ON THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION, viewed in connection with the Modern Astronomy.
Glasgow; London.John Smith and Son; William Whyte; Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme, and Brown, John Murray, John Hatchard, Gale and Fenner, T. Hamilton, and Ocle, Duncan an 1817. [5], 6-275pp. Half calf gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. Fourth edition. Lacks half-title. Spine & boards rubbed; corners worn and a little knocked. Else a very good copy.
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A SERMON Preach'd at the Funeral of the Rt. Honorable John Earl of Rochester, who dies at Woodstock-Parck, July 26. 1680, and was buried at Spilsbury of Oxford-shire, Aug.9…. By Robert Parsons M.A. Chaplain to the Right Honorable Anne, Countess-Dowager of Rochester.
London: H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the Water-side. For the Benfit of the Poor, 1707. 24 pages. Unbound, as issued. Fore-edges worn; small area of loss to head of title, affecting border; else very good.
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A SERMON Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, on Friday February 19, 1802. By the Right Reverend John Lord Bishop of Chichester.
London: S. Brooke, 1802. 83 pages. Quarto. All edges gilt. Disbound. A very good copy. Includes reports from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, Africa, Bahamas, etc.
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A SERMON Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, on Friday February 21, 1800. By the Right Reverend Henry Reginald Lord Bishop of Exeter.
London: S. Brooke, 1800. 75 pages. Quarto. All edges gilt. Disbound; stitching broken; two of the top outer corners lost and other turned and grubby; else very good. Includes reports from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, Africa, Bahamas, etc.
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ADVICE TO A FRIEND By Simon Patrick, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. The Fourth Edition.
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AN ADDRESS TO HE INHABITANTS OF RYE, and its vicinity, upon the late alarming conflagration. By the Rev. J. G. Durham, A.B. Author of Christianity the Friend of Man; The Providence of God; The Norrisian Divinity-prize Essay; The Munition of Rocks, &c. &c. An enlarged edition.
London: Sold by Coleman, Rye; Reader, Cranbrook; Chambers, Tenterden; at Hastings, at New Romney, at Folkestone, & at the author’s. Northam, 1813. 40 pages. Disbound from a collection. 170 x 100 mm. Title and first few leaves water-stained; else a very good copy of a scarce work.
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AN ATTEMPT TOWARDS RECOVERING AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, Heads of Colleges, Fellows, Scholars, &c. who were Sequester'd, Harrass'd, &c. in the late Times of the Grand Rebellion: Occasion'd ny the Ninth Chapter (now the Second Volume) of Dr. Calamy's Abridgment of the LIFE of Mr. Baxter. Together with an Examination of That Chapter.
London: Printed by W. S. for J. Nicholson, R. Knaplock, R. Wilkin, R. Tooke, D. Midwinter and B. Cowse, 1714. Hardcover. li, 436 pages. Contemporary full calf. First edition. 36.2 x 23.7 cms. Some pencil handwritten annotations; bookplate to front paste-down endpaper; neat name on title-page; inscriptions to front endpapers; covers bumped, with wear to edges and corners, but the spine has been expertly repaired. A very good copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com
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AN EXPOSITION with Practicall Observations continued up the Thirty Second, the Thirty Third, and the Thiry Fourth Chapters of the Booke of JOB: being the Substance of Forty-nine Lectures, delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London. By Joseph Caryl, Preacher of the Gospel, and Pastour of the Congregation there.
London: M. Simmons, 1661. [16], 863, [1 blank], [28 Table],[3 book catalogue] pages. Contemporary sheep. Octavo. Leather spine absent; boards heavily rubbed and worn; some browning and water-staining; some turned cornersand the occasional very short tear; else god plus.
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APOLOGIA ECCLESIÆ ANGLICANÆ. Auctore Joanne Juello, olim Episcopo Sarisburiensi. CumVersione Græca J. S. Bcc. In Art. Coll, Mag. Quondam Socii. Rom.I. Non enim me pudet Evangelii Christi: Potentia Siquidem est Dei, ad salute omni credenti, &c.
Oxonii: Excudebat Guilielmus Turner, Impensis Guilielmi Webb, 1639. [12], 331 pages. text alternate page of Latin and Greek. Later binding, possibly late 18th or early nineteenth century, full untitled red, roan. Binding: 14.5 x 9.8 cm. Binding worn at splitting at bottom of upper joint, but firm; else a very good copy. John Jewel was an English Bishop who published his Apology of the Church of England in 1562 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It was the first methodical statement of the position of the Church of England against the Church of Rome, and forms the groundwork of all subsequent controversy. The work was translated into English to reach a wider audience and was a significant step in the intellectual justification of Protestantism in England.
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BIBLE ACROSTICS; or, an acrostical arrangement in prose, of all the leading facts and predictions of the old testament.
London.Houlston & Stoneman. J. C. Hailes. 1839. [ii], [i], ii-v, [viii], [1] 2-139, [140] pp. Original decorative cloth gilt. 19x11cm's. First edition. Water-stain on front endpapers; a few leaves carelessly opened with some short tears in blank margins; binding a little rubbed and marked; else a very good copy of a scarce title.
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BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS; or a description of manners and customs peculiar to the east, especially explanatory of the Holy Scriptures.
London.John Harris. 1831. [iii], vi, [viii], [1], 2-256pp. 16 engraved plates including frontispiece. Original black roan-backed cloth, gilt. 12mo. First edition. Boards a little rubbed; corners bumped and a touch worn; spine rubbed and a little worn with loss to head and heel; spotting to plates; ownership names to front free endpaper and title; else a very good copy.
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BUDDHISM primitive and present in Magadha and in Ceylon.
London.Longmans, Green, and Co. 1908. [iv], xvi, [1], 2-301pp + 1pp catalogue at rear. Original blue cloth gilt. Octavo. Second edition. Cloth a trifle rubbed with some spotting and some wear to corners. Head and heel of spine slightly creased with a small tear to head; pages lightly browned; ex-Canterbury Cathedral Library with bookplate, acquisition marks and 'withdrawn' stamp; small stamp on title; else a good copy
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C. PLINII CAECILII SECUNDI EPISTOLARUM LIBRI X. Notis integris Is. Casauboni, Jani Gruteri, H. Stephani, Augusti Buchneri, Casp. Barthani, Joh. Fred Gronovii, selectissimisque Joh. Mariae Catanaei, Rittershusii & aliorum,insertis suo loco integris Commentaris Francisi Balduini,
Lugd. Batav. Roterodami.Ex Officina Hackiana. 1669. J. C. Cunradi Rittershusii, J. C. & Gerh. Joh. Vossii in Relationem seu Consultationem Plinii, & ad hanc Rescriptum Trajani Imperi. de Christianis, illustrati & accurate recensiti, a Johanne Veenhusion, Brem. [52], 818, 23pp index. Pictorial half-title by G. Wingendorp. Contemporary full plain calf. Octavo. Spine expertly repaired; slight bumping to top corner for first few leaves; some early ex-libris inscriptions on front fixed endpaper, together with a shelf mark; else a very good, clean copy.
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CHRISTIAN FIRMNESS OF THE HUGUENOTS; and a sketch of the history of the French Refugee Church of Canterbury:
London. Canterbury.S. W. Partridge. James Gibbs. 1881. [iv], [1], 2-147pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Small octavo. First edition. Wrappers a little browned and marked with inoffensive cup stains to lower edge of back cover; old crease marks to top corners of last few pages and outside back cover; else a very good copy.
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