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    • Bethune, George W.: The Fruit of the Spirit (1839)

      George Washington Bethune, minister of the Third Dutch Reformed Church, Philadelphia. Second Edition: Phil.: J. Whetham, 144 Chestnut St., 1839. Good+ in unusually detailed decorative boards. 210 pps. Spine and boards faded, minor foxing, primarily on the pastedowns, internally crisp, binding tight and secure. A fine example of Reformed Pnumatology, Bethune is a rare blend of orthodoxy and warm accessible devotion.

      Bethune: Fruit, 02010213

      $39.00


    • Hamilton, James; The Works of the Late Rev. J. Hamilton, D.D.

      Hamilton, James; The Works of the Late Rev. J. Hamilton, D.D.

      London: J. Nisbet & Co. / Edinburgh: T. Constable, printer to the Queen and the University. 1869-1873. Includes William Arnot’s ‘Life of James Hamilton, 2nd ed. 1870, uniformly bound w/ set).  Volumes 1-3 are dated 1869 on title (first ed.) Vol. 5: 1871; Vols. 4 & 6: 1873. Overall good condition. Sunning/soiling to spines, with wear to head and heal of spines, new endpages to vols. 1,2,6. Volume 1: creases mainly between pps. 399-413, spotting and some discoloration to covers, a few stains and slight staining in the margins, but pages are clean w/ minor yellowing. 523 pps. Volume 2: 508 pp. Some spotting to covers; minor yellowing, pages clean with one or two instances of pencil. Volume 3: 516 pp. offsetting on front pastedown, pages clean, covers lightly soiled. Volume 4: 524 pp., very minor foxing through title and preface with occasional light spotting; Volume 5: 551 pp. Hinges weak but secure, minor spotting, else clean; Volume 6: 532 pp. creasing and soiling to pp. 182-87 not affecting text, light foxing, the last 100 pp. are uncut. Life of Hamilton: Cloth missing from top corner of board and head of spine, rip on front hinge, crease across portrait of Hamilton, light foxing, else clean. Hinges a tad weak but secure. 600 pps. w/ ads. Scarce.

      Contents include: Life in Earnest; The Mount of Olives; The Lake of Galilee; The Happy Home; Light to the Path; Emblems from Eden; The Prodigal Son; Tracts; The Royal Preacher (commentary on Ecclesiasites recommended by Spurgeon); Lessons from the Great Biography; Lectures and Addresses; Erasmus; Moses, the Man of God; Philosophy and Christianity; The Ethics of the Gospel; Sermons and Addresses.

      Hamilton (1816-1867) Assistant minister at St. George’s Edinburgh and in Abernyte (1841); appointed as the minister of the National Scottish Church, Regent Square London (1841).

       

      Hamilton: #02010214

      $249.00


    • Willison, John: An Example of Plain Catechising (1798)

      Willison, John: An Example of Plain Catechising (1798)

      An Example of Plain Catechising upon the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism; Humbly Offered … With A Preface, Briefly Demonstrating the Truth of the Christian Revelation, and the Unreasonableness of Infidelity. By the Rev. Mr. John Willison, Minister of the Gospel at Dundee. Edinburgh: Printed for James Dickson, at the Cross; and Jo. Fairbairn, Hunter’s Square. 1798.

      Condition: Near fine. Original polished calf, 366 pp. Extra endsheets from an arithmetic primer. Internally clean with occasional light spots; boards have some lift to them, although it is not due to moisture or water damage. Well preserved copy of Willison’s second most popular work behind Afflicted Man’s Companion. Willison (1683-1750), an important minister in the Scottish Free Church with strong ties to Ebeneezer Erskine.

      $125.00