The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion undermin'd by unchristian practice written by the author of The whole duty of man. (1669)

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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 written by the author of The whole duty of man.
Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
Fell, John, 1625-1686.
Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.
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 comp. to English lit., 1985; BM; NUC pre-1956; Wing. For a discussion of the authorship, see Nichols, J. Literary anecdotes, 1812, ii, p. 597-604.
First ed. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
Coats of arms on t.p., verso.
Advertisement: p. 452.
"Private devotions": p. [437]-452.
[20], 452 p., [2] leaves of plates :
London : Printed by R. Norton for M. Garthwait ..., 1669.
Wing / A1099
English
Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library


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