- Additional Authors
- Stebbing, Henry, 1687-1763.
- Description
- [6], iv, 4, xxxvi, 270 p.; 17 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Essay towards an instruction for the Indians
- Knowledge and practice of Christianity made easy to the meanest capacities, or, An essay towards an instruction for the Indians
- Instruction for the Indians
- Subject
- Note
- "N.B. To this edition are added, A short and necessary instruction for the better observation of the Lord's Day, and the Lord Bishop of London's Letter to his clergy, recommending the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, especially as to that branch of it, that relates to the dispersing of pious and practical tracts."--Half-title page.
- Includes: Extract of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester's Sermon, preach'd A.D. 1739-40 before the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts (p. xx-xxi), Extracts of the Lord Bishop of Oxford's Sermon, preach'd A.D. 1740-1 before the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts (p. xxii-xxxi) and Extracts from the pious and learned Mons. Pascal's Thoughts on religion, translated in English by Basil Kennet ... (p. xxxii-xxxvi).
- Publisher's advertisement and errata on p. 270.
- Publisher's advertisement: p. [2], 1st count.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 104691.
- With (note)
- With: An earnest and affectionate address to the people called Methodists / [by A.B.]. 2nd ed., corr. London : Printed by J. Oliver for B. Dod, 1745 (47, [1] p.).
- Reproduction (note)
- Contents
- pt. 1. Which is in order to Christian baptism -- Pt. 2. Of baptism and the Lord's supper : the creed, the Lord's prayer, and the ten commandments, explained.
- OCLC
- Author
Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1755.
- Title
The knowledge and practice of Christianity made easy to the meanest capacities, or, An essay towards an instruction for the Indians [electronic resource] : which will be of use to such Christians, as have not well considered the meaning of the religion they profess, or, who profess to know God, but in works do deny Him : in several short and plain dialogues, together with directions and prayers for the heathen world, missionaries, catechumens, private persons, families, of parents for their children, for Sundays, &c. / by Thomas, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man.
- Imprint
London : Printed and sold by J. Osborn, 1743.
- Edition
5th ed.
- With:
With: An earnest and affectionate address to the people called Methodists / [by A.B.]. 2nd ed., corr. London : Printed by J. Oliver for B. Dod, 1745 (47, [1] p.).
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Local Note
Religion.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Stebbing, Henry, 1687-1763. Earnest and affectionate address to the people called Methodists.
- Running Title
Instruction for the Indians