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.
• Causes of the decay of Christian piety

People / Organizations

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

Imprint

London: Printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett .., 1672.

Publication year

1672-1672

ESTC No.

R11623

Grub Street ID

59890

Description

[20], 452 p., [2] leaves of plates : : ill. 8⁰

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.

Illustrated t.p.

Advertisement on p. 452.

"Private devotions": p. [437]-452.

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