Davis, Cornelius. The Theological Magazine, or Synopsis of Modern Religious Sentiment. On a New Plan. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, for Cornelius Davis, 1796. First Edition. [10497]
Full leather binding in good condition, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, no front free end papers (blanks), some dark staining and foxing in the text. [i]-viii, [1]-80, 83-86, 89-142, 145-152, [161]-238, [241]-480. Leaf 235-26 damaged with loss of about 20% of the text. With 8 missing leaves, as noted. Good. Hardcover.
This presents an interesting historical record of theological discussions and concerns in late 18th-century New York. It touches on the Great Awakening of the 1740's with a biography of Joseph Bellamy, there is a sound rejection of Samuel Hopkins and his "Hopkinsian" beliefs, also a critique of Wesleyan Methodism, and defences of Calvinistic theology.
This publication was in print 1795-99. This volume begins with Vol. I no. 1 (July and August 1795) and ends with May and June, 1796.
"Cornelius Davis (1760-1831) was a bookseller and publisher. He also edited theological pamphlets and periodicals, including the New York Theological Magazine [1796-1799]. - New York Society Library website. We also find Mr. Davis published The New-York Missionary Magazine (1800-1803) and The Utica Christian Magazine (1813-1816). We find him listed as a "bookseller and stationer" on Water-Street in New York City in the year 1800. It is likely that his own theological opinions were Calvinist, in that we see many Calvinistic writers in the periodicals that he edited. He had printed and sold John Gillies' Memoir of the life of the Rev. George Whitefield, in 1798, as well as sermons by John M. Mason, Andrew Fuller, Eliphalet Gillet, and Jedidiah Morse. He was also listed in the imprint as one of the sellers of Wilberforce's Practical View, printed in Boston by Manning & Loring in 1799.
