The Christianâs Exercise: or, Rules to Live Above the World While We are in It; with Meditations, Hymns and Soliloquies, Suited to the Several Stages of Christian Life. ... The Second Edition Revised
by Thomas a Kempis; Robert Nelson; Robert Nelson [Editor]
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Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paulâs Church Yard, 1717-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. 1717 second revised edition, Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paulâs Church Yard (London), 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches tall brown cloth hardcover, recently rebound, gilt lettering to spine, ribbon marker sewn in, refreshed endpapers, [24], xvi, [16], 440 pp. Lacking frontispiece, but an otherwise complete copy with all six full-page engraved plates. Paper repairs to the tips of the title page and next couple of pages. Prior owner names to title page. Otherwise, apart from some pages with a bit of age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this scarce imprint. ESTC (No. T165675) locates only a dozen copies at institutions worldwide. ~KM5~ [1.5P] A translation into English and adaptation of the spiritual writings of Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) in Latin, by English lay religious writer and nonjuror Robert Nelson (1656-1715). Nelson became known during the reign of Queen Anne for his religious writings, some of which were circulated by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The writings Nelson draws from for this compilation are by a Kempis, author/editor of the immortal Imitation of Christ, which he wrote between 1420 and 1427, at Mount Saint Agnes monastery, in the town of Windesheim, located in what is now the Netherlands. He wrote these works for the instruction of novices of his Augustinian monastic order, followers of Geert Groote's Brethren of the Common Life. But the writings quickly became popular among all the literate faithful.
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- The Christian’s Exercise: or, Rules to Live Above the World While We are in It; with Meditations, Hymns and Soliloquies, Suited to the Several Stages of Christian Life. ... The Second Edition Revised
- Author
- Thomas a Kempis; Robert Nelson; Robert Nelson [Editor]
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2nd
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- Charles Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paulâs Church Yard
- Date Published
- 1717-01-01
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