Saurin, James. Eleven Select Sermons, of the late Rev. James Saurin, on various important subjects. Concord: Printed by George Hough, for Charles Peirce, Portsmouth, N. H., 1806. [10625]
Full brown leather with black leather title label, binding tight with no cracks, some abrading and loss of leather to the spine. 17.x x 10.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches). [i]-viii, [9]-298 clean pp. We treated the binding with an archival leather preservative. Very good. Hardcover.
Includes a brief biography of the author, who was educated in Geneva after fleeing there with his father after revocation of the edict of Nantz.
The sermons are The Omnipresence of God; The Manner of Praising God; The Sovereignty of Jesus Christ in the Church; The Equality of Mankind; The Worth of the Soul; The Birth of Jesus Christ; The Resurrection of Jesus Christ; The Absurdity of Libertinism and Infidelity; The Harmony of Religion and Civil Polity; Christian Heroism; General Mistakes.
James Saurin (1677-1730), “an eloquent Protestant divine. Born at Nismes…preacher to the French refugees in London, 1700. Minister at the Hague, 1705; where he continued to his death. He was a moderate Calvinist. His style is pure, unaffected, and eloquent. He possessed vast intellectual powers and an imagination which has scarcely been equalled.” – Darling, Cyclopedia Bibliographia.
