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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardcover: Good++ Condition. Dust Jacket: Very Good Condition. Pages Bright And Clean And Unmarked Besides Small Name Inscription In Front Of Book. Clean Boards, Bumped Top And Tail Of Spine. Clean Jacket, May Show Signs Of Shelf-Wear. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition. …

Paperback. Etat : Good. Paperback: Good+ Condition. No Jacket. Pages Bright And Clean And Unmarked With Some Light Yellowing And Foxing On Inside Of Boards. Binding Tight And Secure. Wear Along Edges Of Covers. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Pages Bright And Clear. No Markings. Binding Tight And Secure. Cover Clean With Gold Tinted Text, May Show Signs Of Shelf Wear Along Edges. Jacket Shows Signs Of Shelf Wear, But Remains Clear Otherwise. Tiny Tears In Jacket Bottom Of Spine Due To Fraying. All In All Very Good Condition.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Quarto [8.00 tall x 6.25 wide]. Collates complete [xxiv], 404p. A good, solid and sound copy in the main. Lightly toned, with occasional reading marks, blemishes or light wear commensurate with age. A handful of leaves with small foxing marks or stains. Overall a nice, sound copy of this highly regarded theological work presented in an attractive restored period binding. James Durham (1622 1658) Eldest son of John Durham of Grange Durham Angus, and proprietor of a good estate, then called Easter Powrie, in the county of Forfar. He studied at St. Andrews University, and afterwards lived at his country place. Subsequently he took arms in the civil war and became captain of a troop. Naturally serious and thoughtful, he had come under profound religious impressions on a visit to the relations of his wife (Anna, daughter of Francis Durham of Duntarvie) at Abercorn, near Edinburgh, and it was his being overheard praying with his soldiers by David Dickson, an eminent Presbyterian divine, that led to his devoting himself to the ministry. After studying at Glasgow he was licensed as a preacher in 1647. That a man of his position should make such a change excited some comment among his old friends and neighbours, but his whole soul was in his new occupation, and he vindicated himself with great fervour. Durham was a man of intense strength of conviction and great gravity of character. It is said of him, as of Robert Leighton, to whom in certain respects he bore a resemblance, that he was seldom known to smile. His studies, both in Scripture and in the theological and ecclesiastical questions of the day, were carried on with extraordinary diligence. Of his devotion to the Christian ministry he gave decided proof, both by his laboriousness in the work and by his retiring from the position and enjoyments of a country gentleman s life. Of his power and faithfulness as a preacher a remarkable illustration is said to have occurred at the time of Cromwell s invasion of Scotland. It is said that Cromwell entered his church incognito, and got a seat as it happened in the pew of the provost s daughter, who, as he wore the dress of an English officer, was by no means very courteous to him. At the close of the service Cromwell asked her the preacher s name. She gave a curt reply and asked why he wished to know. Cromwell replied because he perceived him to be a very great man, and in his opinion might be chaplain to any prince in Europe, though he had never seen him nor heard of him before. It is certain that Durham preached before Cromwell against the English invasion. One version of the story has it that Cromwell asked him whether it was his habit to preach on politics, and that he replied that it was not, but seeing him present he thought it right to let him know his mind. For a time he exercised his ministry in Glasgow, and in 1650 he was appointed Professor of Divinity in the university there. But before he could be settled in that office the General Assembly decided that he should attend as chaplain on the king. The duties of this office he discharged with such majesty and awe as to inspire the court with much reverence for him. When free from this situation he was again called to the ministry in Glasgow, and inducted into the Inner Kirk. His health had never been strong, and he was prematurely old, partly the effect of the singularly laborious life of study which he led. He died on 25 June 1658, in the thirty-sixth year of his age. He was held by his contemporaries in the very highest esteem as one of the most able and godly men of the time. [Cr: A Puritan s Mind]. Bound in full contemporary calf. Nicely re-backed in a matching period style. Raised bands, blind lines & lettered in gilt to the spine. Lightly rubbed with minor corner & edge wear else a sound and attractive period binding. MULTIPLE PHOTO IMAGES AVAILABLE. CONTACT US TO REQUEST.…