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Discourses on various subjects, intended to have been delivered in Philadelphia

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Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Title Discourses on various subjects, intended to have been delivered in Philadelphia : To which are added, some others selected from the same author / by Joseph Priestley.
Publisher Northumberland : Printed by John Binns
Creation Date 1805
Content On the duty of mutual exhortation. -- On faith and patience. -- On the change which took place in the characters of the Apostles after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. pt. 1-2. -- On the necessity of self-examination. -- On having our conversation in Heaven. -- Doing all to the glory of God. -- Resignation to the will of God. -- On being perfect as God is perfect. -- On habitual devotion. -- The duty of not living to ourselves. -- On the danger of bad habits. -- A discourse on the resurrection of Jesus. -- The importance of free inguiry.
Call number at Current Custodian From the collection of Sidney M. Edelstein 1912-1994. donated to the National Library in 1976.
Extent 385 pages
23 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990028225310205171

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