Discourses on public occasions in America
1762
L2010F104 1762
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Title
Discourses on public occasions in America
Variant Title
Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America
Edition
The second edition.
Published
London : Printed for A. Millar, R. Griffiths, and D. Wilson ..., and G. Keith ..., 1762.
Description
xvi, vi, 7-115, [3], ii, [1], 122-224, [31], [3], 39-160 [i.e. 158], [2] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Call Number
L2010F104 1762
System Control No.
(OCoLC)05136441
Note
First published in 1759 under title: Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America ...
Signatures: A-P8 a-f8 g4 h-k8 l4.
Leaves c5-c8 misbound before leaves c1-c4; leaf c2 (pages 35-36) cancelled; numbers 37-38 omitted in paging.
Final leaf blank.
Appendix.--I. no. 1. A letter concerning the office and duty of Protestant ministers, especially in times of public danger and calamity ; written to a clergyman on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, on General Braddock's defeat.--no. 2. An earnest address to the colonies, at the opening of the campaign, 1758. --II, no. 1. A general idea of the College of Mirania ; originally published in the year, 1753, as a plan for a college in New York.--no. 2. Account of the College and academy of Philadelphia.--no. 3. A charge delivered to the graduates at the first anniversary commencement in the College of Philadelphia.--III. A philosophical meditation, and religious address to the Supreme Being.
Discourses with * newly added in 2nd ed.
Bound in sprinkled calf; blind spine with gilt rules.
Contents: (from t. p.) I. Sundry discourses during the ravages of the French and Indians, preached with a view to the explaining the importance of the Protestant cause in the British colonies, and promoting a general zeal for their defence -- II. A thanksgiving-discourse from Exod. XV. I. on the reduction of Louisbourg, and success of the campaign 1758 -- III. *A discourse in two parts, from Ps. ii. 8. concerning the conversion of the heathen-Americans, and final propagation of Christianity and the sciences to the ends of the earth ... -- IV. *A discourse from I Kings, viii. 13, 27, 57, 60 at the opening of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, Sept. 4th, 1761 -- V. Two funeral discourses.
Contents: (from t. p.) With an appendix, containing, I. *A letter to a clergyman on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, on Braddock's defeat, concerning the duty of Protestant ministers in times of public danger -- II. An address to the Colonies, on opening the campaign, 1758 -- III. *A general idea of the College of Mirania, and the method of teaching religion and science therein, first published as a plan for a college in New-York, in the year 1753 -- IV. An account of the College and Academy of Philadelphia -- V.A charge to the first graduates in the said College -- VI. A philosophical meditation and address to the Supreme Being.
Signatures: A-P8 a-f8 g4 h-k8 l4.
Leaves c5-c8 misbound before leaves c1-c4; leaf c2 (pages 35-36) cancelled; numbers 37-38 omitted in paging.
Final leaf blank.
Appendix.--I. no. 1. A letter concerning the office and duty of Protestant ministers, especially in times of public danger and calamity ; written to a clergyman on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, on General Braddock's defeat.--no. 2. An earnest address to the colonies, at the opening of the campaign, 1758. --II, no. 1. A general idea of the College of Mirania ; originally published in the year, 1753, as a plan for a college in New York.--no. 2. Account of the College and academy of Philadelphia.--no. 3. A charge delivered to the graduates at the first anniversary commencement in the College of Philadelphia.--III. A philosophical meditation, and religious address to the Supreme Being.
Discourses with * newly added in 2nd ed.
Bound in sprinkled calf; blind spine with gilt rules.
Contents: (from t. p.) I. Sundry discourses during the ravages of the French and Indians, preached with a view to the explaining the importance of the Protestant cause in the British colonies, and promoting a general zeal for their defence -- II. A thanksgiving-discourse from Exod. XV. I. on the reduction of Louisbourg, and success of the campaign 1758 -- III. *A discourse in two parts, from Ps. ii. 8. concerning the conversion of the heathen-Americans, and final propagation of Christianity and the sciences to the ends of the earth ... -- IV. *A discourse from I Kings, viii. 13, 27, 57, 60 at the opening of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, Sept. 4th, 1761 -- V. Two funeral discourses.
Contents: (from t. p.) With an appendix, containing, I. *A letter to a clergyman on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, on Braddock's defeat, concerning the duty of Protestant ministers in times of public danger -- II. An address to the Colonies, on opening the campaign, 1758 -- III. *A general idea of the College of Mirania, and the method of teaching religion and science therein, first published as a plan for a college in New-York, in the year 1753 -- IV. An account of the College and Academy of Philadelphia -- V.A charge to the first graduates in the said College -- VI. A philosophical meditation and address to the Supreme Being.
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Sabin 84599
Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.) S 688
Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.) S 688
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