[The Life and Character of the Late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College at New-Jersey. Together with a Number of his Sermons on Various Important Subjects]
- Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, opposite to the Probate-Office in Queen-Street, 1765
Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, opposite to the Probate-Office in Queen-Street, 1765. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, opposite to the Probate-Office in Queen-Street, 1765. First Edition; lacking lead title page. Two volumes in one. Octavo. [x], 97; [viii], 279pp. Bound in recent full dark brown calf; five raised bands; blind floral tooling to front and rear. Tight in binding; edgewear and occasional soiling to interior; professional repair to front fly leaf, biography title page and leaf G3 of first volume; overall Very Good.
An early and important posthumous collection of the writings and life of the revivalist preacher and philosopher. Edited by Samuel Hopkins, who also wrote the short biography. This volume was published the same year as Hopkins' first major work, "An Inquiry Concerning the Promises of the Gospel" and coincides with a period in which he was identified with a new hyper-Calvinist movement in New England variously called "New Divinity, Consistent Calvinism, or simply Hopkinsianism." (ANB). The volume here represents a major step in the development of Edwards' legacy as well as an important springing off point for Hopkins, who would also go on to be known for his advocacy for abolition in the first major antislavery movement in America.
Includes:
1. The Life of the Late Reverend, Learned, and Pious Mr. Jonathan Edwards
2. Sermons on Various important Subjects
[Evans 21950; 9961; 9962; 10008].
An early and important posthumous collection of the writings and life of the revivalist preacher and philosopher. Edited by Samuel Hopkins, who also wrote the short biography. This volume was published the same year as Hopkins' first major work, "An Inquiry Concerning the Promises of the Gospel" and coincides with a period in which he was identified with a new hyper-Calvinist movement in New England variously called "New Divinity, Consistent Calvinism, or simply Hopkinsianism." (ANB). The volume here represents a major step in the development of Edwards' legacy as well as an important springing off point for Hopkins, who would also go on to be known for his advocacy for abolition in the first major antislavery movement in America.
Includes:
1. The Life of the Late Reverend, Learned, and Pious Mr. Jonathan Edwards
2. Sermons on Various important Subjects
[Evans 21950; 9961; 9962; 10008].