Ecclesiastes, or, a discourse concerning the gift of preaching as it fals under the rules of art. . Shewing the most proper rules and directions, for method, inventikon, books, expression, whereby a minister may be furnished with such abilities as may make him a workman that needs not to be ashamed. Very seasonable for these times, wherein the harvest is great, and the skilful labourers but few. The third edition. By John Wilkins, D.D.
John Wilkins, (1614 - 1672), Bishop of Chester
Category
Books
Date
1651
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3058893
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],108 [i.e.98]p. . 4to.. MS. note on stub in binding about clothes needed by a minister ('2 [...] shirt 3 bands 2 pr ruffes 1 next (?) 1 towell ...'). Bound with this: Wilkins's 'Discourse concerning the gift of prayer', 1651. Provenance: Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 53. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf, double blind fillet borders and off-centre vertical rule. Spine-label: Wilkins of Prayer.
Makers and roles
John Wilkins, (1614 - 1672), Bishop of Chester