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Richard Baxter's The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650) has long been recognized as one of the great classics of Christian devotion, and it is by this book that he is best known. The original work consists of some eight hundred thousand words-a clear example of Baxter's prolific pen-yet in Baxter's own life-time it reached twelve editions! First abridged in 1754 by John Wesley, in the Christian Library, five years later another abridgement was made by Benjamin Fawcett, and innumerable reprints of this have since been issued. The book has also been translated into Welsh, Gaelic, German and French. The purpose of this abridgement, first published in 1962, was to present the work in a form suitable to the modern reader. No change has been made in the text of the passages selected from the original work, and the spirit and language of Baxter have been so preserved that the movement of his thought and style not only remains unimpaired but stands out even more clearly.
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Devotional literature, Future life, Early works to 1800, English Devotional literature, Eschatology, Saints, Heaven, Christian, Christian life, Littérature de dévotion, Ciel, Aspect religieux, Vie future, Portraits, Christianity, Devotional literature. [from old catalog], Spiritual life, Puritans, PUritans, Luce grantPeople
Benjamin Fawcett (1715-1780)Showing 11 featured editions. View all 137 editions?
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Signatures: A4, a-b4 (b1 incorrectly signed as c), B-L4, l*4, M-X4, Y2, aa2, bb4, Aa-Zz4 (Aa¹ lacking), zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Zzzz4, Aaaaa-Ppppp4, Rrrrr3.
Errors in pagination: p. 73-80 numbered as leaves, 299 misnumbered as 269, 341-348 numbered as leaves, 350 as 150, 351 as 151, 354 as 154, 755 as 155, 773 as 173, 776 as 176, 777 as 177, 787 and 788 repeated, 819 as 827, 822-829 omitted, 832 as 824, 833 as 825.
Pts. 2-4 have each a separate title page, dated 1649.
Also issued with dedication leaves following the 2nd-4th parts, and an errata leaf (4 leaves in all).
Head-pieces, initials.
Wing (2nd ed.), B1383A.
WSU MASC copy is: 002-118714997.
WSU MASC copy IMPERFECT: lacks 6 p. at front.
WSU MASC copy: errata leaf glued upside down to back pastedown.
WSU MASC copy signed on p. [552]: "Willm. Bush, his Book".
WSU MASC copy signed on errata page: "Ann Bush, her Book, 1836".
WSU MASC copy donated by Paul Brians.
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