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Title: The New Whole Duty Of Man, Containing The Faith As Well As The Practice Of A Christian ; Made Easy For The Practice Of The Present Age, As The Whole Duty Of Man Was Design'd For Those Unhappy Times In Which It Was Written ; And Supplying The Articles Of The Christian Faith, Which Are Wanting In That Book, Tho' Essentially Necessary To Salvation. Necessary For All Families, And Authorised By The King's Most Excellent Majesty. With Devotions Proper For Several Occasions
Description: printed only for Edward Wicksteed in Warwick Court, Warwick Lane, Newgate Street, London, 1753, 11th edition. Full contemporary calf, F. tp+x+546+[16]pp, engraved frontis, title engraved with imprimatur in letterpress on the verso, the 'Private Devotions' section has its own title page, but the register & pagination are continuous, a bright & attractive copy. Armorial Bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield [ South Library ] on the pastedown dated 1860, three blindstamped Macclesfield library stamps to the frontis, title & first leaf, leather a trifle rubbed & bumped with a circular dark mark to the lower board, but overall a fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ A devotional work, written anonymously like the earlier work alluded to in the title, 'The Duty of Man'. That work was attributed to Richard Allestree [ 1619 - 1681 ], the author of this new devotional is unknown, although John Entick [ 1703 - 1773 ] is likely to have had a hand in the authorship.

Keywords: anglicanism, christianity, religion, theology