The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul

Doddridge, Philip. The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul. Newburyport, MA: Caleb Cross for Angier March, 1804. Ex-Library. 12mo. 269pp, 48pp. Period brown leather boards with gilt lettering over a black label on the spine. The work is a treatise on Christian thought and spiritual principles. The work was dedicated to his friend Dr. Isaac Watts, the prolific Christian theologian and hymn writer, and contains a four page dedication at the front. Bound with the work is a separate sermon from Doddridge on the “Care of the Soul”. This is a later American printing. Binding with some rubbing to extremities including some chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Some scratches, abrasions and light smudges to the covers. Interior with starting at interior covers. Library bookplate at the interior front cover. Pages with age toning and some sporadic water stains. Period signature of previous owner on the front and rear free endpapers. Binding and interior in good- condition overall. g-. Hardcover.

*Philip Doddridge D.D. (1702 – 1751) was an English Nonconformist Christian theologian, educator, and hymnwriter. (43110) $65