1669 JAMES JANEWAY. Heaven on Earth; Or, Jesus the Best Friend in the Worst of Times and Death Unstung. Puritan Rarity.

A fair copy only, but an exceptionally rare volume including two important puritan works by James Janeway [1636-1674]. He was, after John Bunyan, the most widely read puritan author for the young during the 17th century. 

He was ejected in 1662 along with John Owen, Thomas Watson, William Bridge, &c. and author of A Token for Children which was widely distributed in early America by Cotton Mather. He was also one of the signers of the 1673 Scottish Metrical Psalms, etc.

No original copies on the market at any price. The second copy in the work has never been reprinted. 

Janeway, James. Heaven Upon Earth: Or, [Jesus] the Best Friend in the Worst of Times. Delivered in Several Sermons, by James Janeway, Minister of the Gospel. London. Printed for Dorman Newman, and are to be Sold at his Shop near the Lame-Hospital in Little-Brittain, at the Chyrugions Arms. 1669. 367pp. Complete.

[bound with]

Janeway, James. Death Unstung. A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Thomas Mowsley, an Apothecary, who died July 1669. With a Brief Narrative of his Life and Death: Also the Manner of God's Dealings with Him before and after his Conversion: Drawn Up by His Own Hand; and Published. London. Printed for Dorman Newman, and are to be Sold at his Shop near the Lame-Hospital in Little-Brittain, at the Chyrugions Arms. 1669. 86 + 113-166pp. + catalogue. Complete. 

Fair copy only with original calf boards, old buckram over spine, relaid, blank ffep lacking; title repaired in naive manuscript. Else, textually complete; pagination awkward, but complete on the second work. Very scarce.