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The duty of relieving the indigent and distressed. A sermon, preached at edinburgh, may 2. 1795
by YOUNG, John
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed by George Caw, for the author, 1795. [2], 32pp. With half title. Recent marbled paper wrappers, new endpapers. Original stab holes visible, with related marginal tear to half-title. Some browning and marking, especially to half-title. A rare, powerful sermon on the Christian duty of relieving poverty by John Young, minister of the Anti-Burgher congregation at Hawick. Better known for his popular Essays....On Government. II. Revolutions... (Glasgow, 1794), mentioned in the preface to this present volume, Young's rhetoric on the duty of powerful is heady stuff: 'The law of God has fixed no determinate proportion of our possessions to be given for the relief of others. Yet he who gives nothing, or who gives in no due proportion to his own circumstances, or to those of his necessitous brother, is as really guilty of sun, as he who steals or defrauds. The poor have as real, and as just a right, by virtue of the command of God, to a share of our superfluities, and even of our conveniences, as a labourer has to his wages, or a credito to the payment of his debt.' ESTC locates only two copies worldwide: NLW and Union Theological Seminary. ESTC T220291.. First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ17037
- Title
- The duty of relieving the indigent and distressed. A sermon, preached at edinburgh, may 2. 1795
- Author
- YOUNG, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed by George Caw, for the author
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1795
- Keywords
- Christianity, Religion
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- First Edition
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- Half Title
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