Ellesby james (2 risultati)

Pamphlet. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Removed from a book of pamphlets, leather remnants on spine. Neatly trimmed edges. Quarto, 8" x 6 1/8." pp. [8], 24. First leaf bears half title on recto and imprimatur on verso. Circular mark 1/4" and small stain on half title, text unaffected. Small stain 1/4" on rear leaf, text unaffected. Top corner lightly thumbed. Thick black border on title page. Pages lightly tanned and clean throughout. WorldCat lists only 4 copies in N. America. (ESTC R24951). Reverend James Ellesby (b. 1644) preaches in typical evangelical fashion, exhorting his congregation to be in a continuous state of repentance, not just on their deathbed. Ellesby warns that their souls are vulnerable to the clutches of Hell should they not heed his advice: "Remember your immortal Souls are in danger every hour, every Moment that you live in any known wilful Sin, and refuse to repent of it: Life is short, frail, and uncertain" (14). The devout must be spiritually prepared for death to strike at any moment. From this pamphlet, one gains a sense of the precariousness of life in the seventeenth-century and the entwinned concepts of faith, death, and illness. ------- Rev. Ellesby also wrote "A Caution Against Ill Company, Or, A Discourse Shewing the Danger of Conversing Familiarly With Bad Men" and "The Sick Christian's Companion".…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1708 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 31 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…