Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened by Samuel Sewell; Samuel Willard - 1727

Printed by Bartholomew Green, Boston, 1727. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Book 2 leaves (title page and address to Sir William Ashhurst) printed in facsimile on laid paper. 64 p., 24 p. Although the two works are paginated separately, the signatures are continuous (Sewall ends with Sig. S and Willard begins with Sig. T). Willard’s pamphlet is followed by an appendix written by Sewall. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo).In bringing together his earlier work, Willard’s sermon and an update in his appendix, Sewall marshals the evidence for his position that the Millennium is near and that the discovery and Christianizing of America is a crucial and perhaps final development to that end. Drawing from prophetic passages describing the coming Millennium, Sewall find significance in the discovery of the Americas as the final remaining area to be found. He also sees the New World as a logical place for the New Jerusalem to be established. Drawing upon others, including Manasseh Ben Israel, who speculated that the native Americans were the remnants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, Sewall writes, “God’s removing Israel out of his sight, is no less than three times mentioned; which may insinuate the Remoteness of that Land, into which God by his Providence intended to cast them. And none was no remote, and so much out of sight, as America” (p. 41). Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 88 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight. The first two leaves (title page for Sewell and address to Sir William Ashhurst) are printed in facsimile on laid paper and trimmed slightly smaller on the outside edge as the original pages. The original text begins at Sig. B (p. [iii]). There are three holes in the outside marginof that leaf, affecting two of the marginal notes on the recto and another hole on p. 43 in the middle of the page. There is a tide mark on pp. [iii] to 52 and 57-62. Any prefatory pages for Willard's work have not been reprinted here; the pages go directly from the last page of Sewell to the first of Willard's, but with no break in signatures. The last two leaves of the appendix to Willard's pamphlet have been strengthened at the edges with paper tape. Both of the pages are missing their upper corner. Rebound in leather over boards, the leather paneled with a line embossed around the borders of the front and rear cover. Spine scored to give the effect of four compartments. Laid paper has been used for the replacement end papers. The page edges are slightly browned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Jews -- Conversion to Christianity -- Early works to 1800.; United States; 18th century; Main Picture: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - Front cover and spine. Picture 2: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 3: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - Title page (in facsimile). Picture 4: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - Verso of second leaf in facsimile and recto of first leaf of the original. Picture 5: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - First page of Sewell's treatise. Picture 6: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - Sample two-page spread with tide mark. Picture 7: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - First page of Willard's sermon. Picture 8: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - Sample two-page spread from Sewell's appendix. Picture 9: Samuel Sewell, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configura; (with) The Fountain Opened (1727) - Final page with Sewell's signature in type. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1250. .