The triangle. A series of numbers upon three theological points, enforced from various pulpits in the City of New-York.

ix, [11]-396 p.; 22.5 cm. Cancel title-page [American imprints 17052 gives publisher: O. Halstead, but Sabin 103232 has Wiley] Paper title-piece: Whelpley's Triangle. -- Precedence of 1832 imprints is not clear, especially as the original issues were printed for the author by Van Winkle & Wiley in 1816-17 (series 1-5 forming part 1; no more published) -- The author took advanced positions on social issues, as shown by his `Letters addressed to Caleb Strong, Esq., late Governor of Massachusetts, showing, that retaliation, capital punishments, and war, are prohibited by the gospel' [etc., by `Philadelphus', 1816] -- `The free actions of creatures are as properly the subjects of a decree, as the falling a tree, or the rising of the sun. This is established by the express testimony of Scripture. Indeed, the decrees of God principally relate to the moral conduct of creatures. I need only say, that innumerable events are declared in the word of God, as decreed, which immediately and wholly concern the free actions of creatures. If God decreed that the city of London should this day be what it is, then he decreed all the steps and causes of its progress to its present state. If he decreed the crucifixion of Christ, then he decreed how, by whom, and for what cause it should be done. The decrees of God in no degree interfere with the freedom and accountability of creatures. Hence, one moral action is as much the subject of a decree as another. The distinction set up, between foreknowledge and decrees, is useless and groundless, as related to this subject; the foreknowledge of God is infallible. But that infallibility must arise from the certainty of the thing foreknown.' (p. 381) Good, cloth jts cracked,holding by cords. Large chips from spine.…