An extract from a treatise on the spirit of prayer, or, The soul rising out of the vanity of time into the riches of eternity
Subtitle: with some thoughts on war, remarks on the nature and bad effects of the use of spirituous liquors, and considerations on slavery
By: [by William Law]
Contributors: Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: Printed by Joseph Crukshank
Published: 1780
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: Prayer; Early works to 1800; Christianity; War; Slavery; Temperance and religion
Other titles: Soul rising out of the vanity of time into the riches of eternity; Considerations on war.; Thoughts on slavery.
Work titles: Spirit of prayer
Notes: Attributed to William Law in the Dictionary of national biography. "Remarks on the nature and bad effects of spirituous liquors" is by Anthony Benezet.

"Considerations on war"--p. 52-66.

"Thoughts on slavery from several authors"--p. 79-84.

Sabin no. 4673.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

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