The causes of the decay of Christian piety. Or an impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion, undermin'd by unchristian practice. Written by the author of The whole duty of man

All titles

• The causes of the decay of Christian piety. Or an impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion, undermin'd by unchristian practice. Written by the author of The whole duty of man
• Impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion; Private devotions, referring to the several parts of the before-going treatise

People / Organizations

• Robert Pawlett ("printed for")
• Richard Allestree (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, at the sign of the Bible in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, 1672.

Added name

Fell, John, 1625-1686.; Henchman, Humphrey, 1592-1675.; Norton, Roger, -1701?, printer.; Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, -1679.; Pawlet, Robert, -1683, bookseller.; Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.

Publication year

1672

ESTC No.

R11623

Grub Street ID

59890

Description

[20], 452 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8°.

Note

"The whole duty of man," variously ascribed to John Fell, Dorothy Pakington, R. Sterne, H. Henchman and others, is generally attributed to Richard Allestree. Cf. Oxford comp. to English lit., 1985; BM; NUC pre-1956; Wing. For a discussion of the authorship, see Nichols, J. Literary anecdotes, 1812, ii, p. 597-604

Engraved title page vignette

On pi1v: Imprimatur Hic liber vere Christianus; ... Tho. Tomkyns. R.Rmo. in Christo Patri ac Domino Dno. Gilberto divina providentia Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi `a sacris domesticis

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