Title preaching (6 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Fair.

Hardback. Condición: Fair.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Fair, stained orig. maroon cloth, lacks ffep. Text complete. [11], 207 p.; 21 cm. (Lyman Beecher lectures on preaching at Yale ; 41) [First printed July 1915]. 2nd impression edition. Binding is Hardcover.

2 works in 1 volume as issued. Some light browning, early panelled mottled calf, minor loss to corners neat repair to head of upper board, sympathetically rebacked in modern speckled calf with gilt lettered label to spine. Discourse: Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), W2184; ESTC R1209 'Intended to be issued with: Wilkins, John. Ecclesiastes.'Ecclesiastes: Wing (CD-Rom, 1996) W2195; ESTC No R208370 'Title page is A2. Includes index. The last two leaves contain errata and advertisements. Intended to be issued with: Wilkins, John. A discourse concerning the gift of prayer. With a preliminary blank leaf.'John Wilkins (16141672), theologian and natural philosopher. '. His first published religious work, Ecclesiastes (1646), was subtitled A Discourse Concerning the Gift of Preaching, and was intended as a handbook for preachers . Showing the influence of Senecan Stoicism, Wilkins advocated patient submissiveness to Providence in times of suffering. A discourse concerning the gift of prayer: shewing what it is, wherein it consists and how far it is attainable by industry (1651), like the earlier Ecclesiastes, was intended as an advice manual to aid in the organization of thoughts and in effective communication between man and God. These three religious works proved highly influential in the contemporary shift to a plainer, clearer, and more simply ordered style in sermons and other forms of writing. US$483.…