A Complete Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity. Consisting of Five Parts: I. Of the Being, Mature, and Attributes of God, and of the Evidences of Divine Revelation.; II. Of the Works of Creation, and Providence.; III. Of the most memorable Transactions, from the Beginning of the World, to the Coming of Christ; with proper Differations upon each; IV. Of the Mysteries of our most Holy Faith; V. Of the Great Precepts of Moral and Evangelical Righteousness; The Whole Extracted from the best Ancient and Modern Writers, but chiefly from the Works of such, as have been reputed the most able Divines, and celebrated Preachers amongst us. To which are added, Two Tables, 1. An Alphabetical Table of the chief Matters; 2. A Table of Texts of Scripture explain'd, and more especially referred to in this Work; c.1734
London: Printed for J. Batley at the Dove in Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Cox at the Lamb under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, 1734. The Second Edition, Corrected. Hardcover. ANTIQUARIAN THEOLOGY EDITION FROM 1734. Hardcover. Hubbed spine with six raised bands. Heavy cardboard boards. Leather spine. Text and register are continuous. All edges sprinkled in red ink. Contains an alphabetical table and texts explained. [4],iv,[2],660,*661-*664,661-978,[16]p. ; 2⁰.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Thomas Stackhouse (1677–1752) was an English theologian and controversialist. The major work of Stackhouse was his New History of the Holy Bible from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity, which he brought out in numbers from 1733 and then published in three folio volumes in 1737. The genesis of the work was with two booksellers, John Wilford and Thomas Edlin; Stackhouse wrote a pamphlet about them. A second edition came out in numbers in 1742–4, and was published in two folio volumes, with a dedication to his patron, Bishop Edmund Gibson. It was then often reprinted, with additional notes, by other divines. John Trusler compiled from it in 1797 A Compendium of Sacred History. In 1722, as "A Clergyman of the Church of England", addressed a printed letter to Bishop John Robinson, on the "miseries and great hardships of the inferior clergy in and about London". It was reissued, and the later editions had his name on the title-page. (Wikipedia)
CONDITION: This edition is in overall "very good" condition, especially for its age. The binding appears to be original, in "good" condition, as leather has eroded from front covers. Heavily scuffed. Two of seven sections of the spine are missing. Binding is loose, yet textblock remains solid. Ex-library "rare book room" bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. Some but very little foxing and discoloration throughout. Vintage marginalia and annotation, presumably from the period, is within the margins and at the foot occasionally throughout, particularly within the first 250 pages. Leaves show some chipping, but are beautifully, very lightly toned, and are lovely at almost 300 years old. A beautiful piece of theological history, and a very nice edition for an antiquarian book collector.
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