The Works Of the Learned Isaac Barrow, D. D. Late Master of Trinity-College in Cambridge. (Being All his English Works.) In Three Volumes. (Three Volumes Bound in Two Books)

Isaac Barrow

Published by Published by his Grace Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury; Printed for James Round in Exchange-Alley, Jacob Tonson in the Starnd, and William Taylor in Pater-noster-row., 1716

A collection of one hundred eleven sermons across three volumes, (two books), by Isaac Barrow; an English theologian and mathematician, forerunner of the development of infinitesimal calculus, and professor to Isaac Newton. Beautifully rebound in July of 2024 in matching quarter brown calf leather and handmade marbled paper in gray green, black and taupe. Lined in gilt at the seam of the paper and leather. Hubbed spines bear six raised bands accented in gilt ornamentation with burgundy leather title label stamped in gilt lettering. Double headbands and each head and spine. New off-white, aged endpapers. Paginated separately, Volume I is bound in the first book. Volumes II and III are bound in the second, and all volumes are separately paginated. Occasional ornamented initials. Dedications to the Earl of Nottingham, (Volume I); to the King (Volume II), and to Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne of Denmark (Volume III), in which are all written by Isaac Barrow's father, Thomas Barrow. On a shelf, this set spans 4.5 inches, and weighs almost 14 lbs. ESTC#: T97909.VOLUME I. Contains thirty-two sermons preached upon several occasions; An Exploration of the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, &c.; A Learned Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy; and A Discourse of the Unity of the Church. Frontispiece is a black and white engraved portrait of Isaac Barrow. Also includes "Some Account of the Life of Dr. Isaac Barrow. To the Reverend Dr. Tillotson, Dean of Canterbury" at the front. Unpaginated table of contents in dual columns at the back. [21], 783 pp., [5].SERMONS IN VOLUME I INCLUDE:1) The Pleasantness of Religion, (Prov. 11:17)2-3) The Profitableness of Godliness, (I Tim. 4:8)4) The Reward of Honouring God, (I Sam. 2:30)5) Upright walking Sure walking, (Prov. 10:9)6-7) Of the Duty of Prayer, (I Thess. 5:17)8-9) The Duty of Thanksgiving, (Ephes. 5:20)10) A Sermon on the King's Happy Return (I Tim. 2:1-2)11) A Sermon on the Gunpowder-Treason (Psal. 64: 9-10)12) A Consecration Sermon, (Psal. 132:16)13) Not to Offend in Wod, an Evidence of a High Pitch of Virtue, (Jam. 3:2)14) Against foolish talking and jesting, (Ephs. 5:4)15) Against rath and vain Swearing, (Jam. 5:12)16) Of Evil-speaking in general, (Titus 3:2)17-18) The Folly of Slander, (Prov. 10:18)19) Against Detraction, (James 4:11)20) Against rath censuring and judging, (Matth.7:1)21-22) Of Quietness, and doing our own Business, (I Thess. 4:11)23-24) Of the Love of God, (Matt. 22:37)25-26) Of the Love of our Neighbour, (Matth. 22:39)27) The Nature, Properties and Acts of Charity, (Ephesians 5:2)28) Motives and Arguments to Charity, (Hebrews 10:24)29-30) Of a Peaceable Tember and Carriage, (Rom. 12:18)31) The Duty and Reward of Bounty to the Poor, (Psal. 112:9)32) A Sermon upon the Passion of our Blessed Savior, (Phil. 2:8)VOLUME II. Includes Sermons and Expositions Upon all the Articles in the Apostles Creed. Thirty-four sermons, total. Also includes "The Power of the Keys", "The Resurrection of the Body or Flesh", "The Life Everlasting", and a dual columned Table of Things" at the back, unpaginated. [4] 381 pp., [7]. SERMONS IN VOLUME II INCLUDE:1) Of the Evil and Unreasonableness of Infidelity, (Heb. 3:12)2-3) Of the Vertue and Reasonableness of Faith, (II Pet. 1:1)4-5) Of Justifying Faith, (Rom. 5:1)6) The Being of God Proved from the Frame of the World, (Jer. 51:15)7) The Being of God Proved from the Frame of Humane Nature, (Gen. 1:27)8) The Being of God Proved from Universal Content, (Psalm 19:3-4)9) The Being of God Proved from Supernatural Effects, (John 5:17)10) I believe in God the Father, (Ephes 4:6)11) The Father Almighty, O Lord God Almighty, (Revel. 11:17)12) Maker of Heaven and Earth, (Acta 4:24) 13) And in Jesus Christ, &c., Of the Truth and Divinity of the Christian Religion, (Ephes. 1:13)14) Of the Impiety and Imposture of Paganism and Mahometanism, (Ephes. 1:13)15) Of the Imperfection of the Jewish Religion, (Ephes. 1:13)16) Of the Excellence of the Christian Religion, (I. Seller Inventory # 074962

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Title: The Works Of the Learned Isaac Barrow, D. D....
Publisher: Published by his Grace Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury; Printed for James Round in Exchange-Alley, Jacob Tonson in the Starnd, and William Taylor in Pater-noster-row.
Publication Date: 1716
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Edition: The Third Edition, Corrected (Vo.