1798 JOHN WILLISON Afflicted Man's Companion Sermon

Description: Click here to see our other books! The Afflicted Man's Companion A Collection of Comfortable Texts For Dying Believers The Church's Danger And The Minister's Duty Declared in a Sermon Preached at the Opening of the Synod of Angus and Mearns at Montrose With A Preface and Postscript Touching some more Evils of the Present Time A Sacramental Directory: or a Treatise Concerning the Sanctification of a Communion Sabbath John Willison 1798 William Paton for William Brownlie : Glasgow 8" x 5" xxvi, 283, xxxiv, 271pp SUMMARY Leatherbound volume containing two scarce texts and a sermon by John Willison. Early Edition,Leather Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Fair This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION John Willison, (1680–3 May 1750) was an evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland and a writer of Christian literature. His treatise on the sanctification of the Lord's day was in response to the policies of James VI and the Episcopalian clergy. It provoked a reply from James Small, an Episcopalian, which was answered by Willison in his Letter from a Parochial Bishop to a Prelatical Gentleman. After this, he wrote a devotional work: A Sacramental Directory. Small replied to his earlier Letter, upon which Willison published An Apology for the Church of Scotland. He then moved on to political topics with A Letter to an English Member of Parliament. After the ejection of Ebenezer Erskine and his fellow-ministers for opposition to patronage, Willison attacked their exclusion in a sermon to the Synod of Angus and Mearns in 1733 (published as "The Church's Danger"). He tried to win them back and a majority was gained in the General Assembly of 1734 as a healing measure. As a result Willison was sent to London as part of a deputation to labour for the repeal of patronage, but they were only successful insofar as they gained some important concessions. Erskine and his colleagues were not satisfied and formed a separate presbytery in 1739. In 1737 he wrote one of his most famous and most reprinted works The Afflicted Man's Companion, written, as he himself said, with the benevolent intention "that the afflicted may have a book in their houses, and at their bed-sides, as a monitor to preach to them in private, when they are restrained from hearing sermons in public." CONDITION In a full calf binding. There is some wear to the extremities including rubbing and bumping with some loss to the leather, particularly on the spine and corners of the boards. The binding is fairly tight and firm. Internally the pages are generally age-toned with some handling marks and the odd spot. The title page and first few pages to The Afflicted Man's Companion are missing. The text begins with page ix of 'To The Reader'. Half of page xii/xiii is present. There is an ink inscription on the front pastedown. Overall Condition: Fair GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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