A collection of religious tracts.
Contributors: Benezet, Anthony. 1713-1784.; Brainard, David, 1716 or 17-1747.; Crisp, Stephen. 1628-1692.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Third-Street, opposite the work-house
Published: 1773
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Extract of a letter, wrote by a pious person, defending the progress of the soul in her spiritual warfare.; Plain path to Christian perfection.; Sermons or declarations.
Notes: Republication, with collective title page, of separately issued pamphlets, probably selected by Anthony Benezet. Contents vary, as this title page was evidently used for a variety of collections over a period of several years. Each part has special t.p.
Some copies have a printed slip of text beginning "There is a divine philosophy ..." mounted on inside cover.
Signatures: pi1 [A]⁶ B-Q⁴ R², ²A⁸, ³A-G⁴ H², ⁴[A]⁴.
Cf. Evans 13145.
LC copy has printed slip of text beginning "There is a divine philosophy ..." mounted on inside lower cover. Imperfect: p. [iii]-xi, [1] of part 1 and special t.p. of part 4 wanting.
Table of contents: title: The plain path to Christian perfection; title: [Extracts of letters by David Brainard, the Earl of Essex, and John Locke]; title: Sermons or declarations made by Stephen Crisp, one of the antient preachers amongst the people called Quakers; title: Extract of a letter, wrote by a pious person, defending the progress of the soul in her spiritual warfare.