A short explanation of the difference between the old and new stile, And the Reason of it; illustrated by familiar instances. In a letter to a person of scrupulous conscience, about the time of keeping Christmas, according to the new-stile. To which is added, a dialogue between a clergyman and his parishioner; wherein the Reasons are given for the late Alteration of the stile by Act of Parliament. By William Parker, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, and F. R. S

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• A short explanation of the difference between the old and new stile, And the Reason of it; illustrated by familiar instances. In a letter to a person of scrupulous conscience, about the time of keeping Christmas, according to the new-stile. To which is added, a dialogue between a clergyman and his parishioner; wherein the Reasons are given for the late Alteration of the stile by Act of Parliament. By William Parker, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, and F. R. S
• Letter to a person of scrupulous conscience

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• William Parker (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose, in Pater-Noster-Row: and sold by Mr. Fletcher, in Oxford; and Mr. Merril, in Cambridge, MDCCLVI. [1756] The second edition.; ..

Publication year

1756

ESTC No.

T63274

Grub Street ID

288536

Description

22,[2]p. ; 8°.

Note

First edition published anonymously in 1753, as: 'A letter to a person of scrupulous conscience ..'

With a final leaf of advertisements

Price from imprint: price 4d. or 24s. a Hundred.