02172nam 2200493Ia 450 99639422020331620200824132651.0(CKB)4940000000117121(EEBO)2240996071(OCoLC)ocm12714015e(OCoLC)12714015(EXLCZ)99494000000011712119851024d1669 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion undermin'd by unchristian practice[electronic resource] /written by the author of The whole duty of manLondon Printed by R. Norton for M. Garthwait ...1669[20], 452 p., [2] leaves of plates ill., coats of armsTitle page vignette, engraved."The whole duty of man", variously ascribed to John Fell, Dorothy Pakington, R. Sterne, H. Henchman, and others, is generally attributed to Richard Allestree. Cf. Oxford comp. to English lit., 1985; BM; NUC pre-1956; Wing. For a discussion of the authorship, see Nichols, J. Literary anecdotes, 1812, ii, p. 597-604.First ed. Cf. NUC pre-1956.Coats of arms on t.p., verso.Advertisement: p. 452.Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library."Private devotions": p. [437]-452.eebo-0021Christian lifeEarly works to 1800SinEarly works to 1800Christian lifeSinAllestree Richard1619-1681.793142Fell John1625-1686.1001113Sterne Richard1596?-1683.1001111Pakington Dorothy CoventryLady,d. 1679.1001112Henchman Humphrey1592-1675.793659EAAEAAm/cUMIWaOLNBOOK996394220203316The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion undermin'd by unchristian practice2314728UNISA