SEASONABLE ADVICE TO A NEIGHBOUR, GIVEN BY WAY OF A FAMILIAR DIALOGUE; OR, IN ANSWER TO VARIOUS QUESTIONS, RELATIVE TO FIVE IMPORTANT POINTS IN DIVINITY. DONE WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTE PRACTICAL GODLINESS; AND DESIGNED, ESPECIALLY, FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTH-PARISH IN ANDOVER. TO WHOM IT IS DEDICATED. BY SAMUEL PHILLIPS, A.M. PASTOR OF THE SOUTH-CHURCH IN THAT TOWN.
Boston: S. Kneeland, opposite to the Probate-Office in Queen-Street, 1761. [4], xi, [1 errata], 86 pp, with the half title [rubberstamp in upper blank margin] A few blank edge chips [one chip affects several letters in the word 'opposite' in Kneeland's imprint], light foxing. Stitched, Good+.
Phillips's children founded Phillips Andover Academy. His Preface enumerates several books about which Phillips chooses "to advertise and warn you." These "exhibit a formal, explicit Denial, or Renunciation of One, if not more, of the Principal, or Fundamental Doctrines of our holy Religion." They include the works of Dr. Taylor, who "explodes the Doctrine of Original Sin." Also, "A Winter-Evening's Conversation" and "A New Catechism."
Evans 8982. Sabin 62517. ESTC W29093 [recording also another state in which the errata appears on page 70]. Item #34977
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