Richard Bentley, D.D. : a bibliography of his works and of all the literature called forth by his acts or his writings / by A.T. Bartholomew ... ; with an introduction and chronological table by J.W. Clark.

  • Augustus Theodore Bartholomew
Date:
1908
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Credit: Richard Bentley, D.D. : a bibliography of his works and of all the literature called forth by his acts or his writings / by A.T. Bartholomew ... ; with an introduction and chronological table by J.W. Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Collation: 8°. Half-title, Title, pp. 35. Note: In reply to some queries sent by Bentley after he had preached the two last Sermons of Boyle’s Lecture. The first letter is dated ‘Cambridge, Decemb. 10, 1692’; the second ‘Trinity College, Jan. 17, 1692—3’; the third ‘Cambridge, Feb. 25, 1692—3’; the fourth ‘Cambridge, Feb. 11, 1693.’ After Bentley’s death they were given to Richard Cumberland, his grandson, (1732—1811), who caused this edition to be printed. The fourth letter is printed before the third. They were reprinted by Dyce, ill. 201 foil., and by Wordsworth, xxn, xxiv, xxv, xxvii. Monk, 1. 43—44. The following general title was issued in 1693 to cover the eight Boyle Lectures in any editions: The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism demonstrated from the Advantage and Pleasure of a Religious Life, the Faculties of Human Souls, the Structure of Animate Bodies, & the Origin and Frame of the World : In Eight Sermons preached at the Lecture Founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esquire ; in the First Year mdcxcii. By Richard Bentley, M.A. Chaplain to the Right Reverend Father in God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Worcester. London, Printed by J. H. for H. Mortlock... 1693. 26. The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism demonstrated from the Advantage and Pleasure of a Religious Life, the Faculties of Humane Souls, the Structure of Animate Bodies, & the Origin and Frame of the World: In Eight Sermons preached at the Lecture Founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esquire ; in the First Year, mdcxcii. By Richard Bentley, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary, and Library-Keeper to His Majesty. The Fourth Edition Corrected. London, Printed by J. H. for H. Mortlock... 1699. Collation: 40. Tide, pp. [ii] Dedication + 280.