The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion undermin'd by unchristian practice
By: written by the author of The whole duty of man
Series: Early English books online; Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 372:18
Publisher: Printed by R. Norton for M. Garthwait ...
Published: 1669
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Christian life; Early works to 1800; Sin
Other titles: Impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion.
Notes: Title page vignette, engraved.

"The whole duty of man", variously ascribed to John Fell, Dorothy Pakington, R. Sterne, H. Henchman, and others, is generally attributed to Richard Allestree. Cf. Oxford comp. to English lit., 1985; BM; NUC pre-1956; Wing. For a discussion of the authorship, see Nichols, J. Literary anecdotes, 1812, ii, p. 597-604.

First ed. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

Coats of arms on t.p., verso.

Advertisement: p. 452.

"Private devotions": p. [437]-452.

Wing A1099