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1791. JOHN OWEN, JONATHAN EDWARDS, &c. The Evangelical Library, in Seven Tree Calf Bindings!

1791. JOHN OWEN, JONATHAN EDWARDS, &c. The Evangelical Library, in Seven Tree Calf Bindings!

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This set is extremely rare in any condition, and this the finest set I have ever seen . . . by a long shot. 

The Evangelical Library. In Seven Volumes. Comprised of:

Volumes 1 - 4. Owen, John. An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews; With the Preliminary Exercitations. By John Owen. Revised and Abridged with a Full and Interesting Life of the Author, A Copious Index, &c. by Edward Williams, Master of the Academy at Aswestry. London. S. Gosnell. 1791. 362 + 513 + 583 + 434 + Engraved Frontis, Index, and Errata.

Volume 5. Latimer, Hugh. Sermons on Various Subjects, by Hugh Latimer. Sometime Bishop of Worcester; Many of which were Preached before the Court. To which is Prefixed His Life. In Two Volumes [Bound together as one; separately paginated]. London. S. Gosnell. 1791. 282 + 297pp + Engraving Frontis and Indices.

Volume 6. Flavel, John. Pneumatologia. A Treatise of the Soul of Man: Wherein The Divine Original, Excellent and Immortal Nature of the Soul are Opened; its Love and Inclination to the Body, with the Necessity of its Separation from it, Considered and Improved. The Existence, Operations, and States of Separated Souls, both in Heaven and Hell, Immediately after Death, Asserted, Discussed, and Variously Applied. Divers Knotty and Difficult Questions about Departed Souls, both Philosophical and Theological, Stated and Determined. The Invaluable Preconsciousness of Human Souls, and the Various Artifices of Satan to Destroy them Discovered, etc. London. S. Gosnell. 1791. 600pp + Engraved Frontis.

Volume 7. Edwards, Jonathan. History of Redemption, On a Plan Entirely Original: Exhibiting the Gradual Discovery and Accomplishment of the Divine Purposes in the Salvation of Man; Including a Comprehensive View of Church History, And the Fulfilment of Scripture Prophecies. To which are Now Added, Notes, Historical, Critical, and Theological, with the Life and Experience of the Author. London. S. Gosnell. 1791. 573pp + Engraved Frontis, Textual Table, and Indices.

All housed in beautifully executed full tree calf bindings with gold tooled compartments and contrasting black and red labels. 

Very small nick at head of volumes 7, 6, and 4. All volume number labels preserved [a tiny miracle]. Some minor rubbing. Very sound. Some handling at extremities of prelims and rears. One the whole very crisp, clean, and essentially irreplaceable. 

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