1737 – Conversions in Northampton – Jonathan Edwards | First Edition, Great Awakening

“Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.”

― Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century American preacher and revivalist known for his Puritan reforms and colonial influence in the shaping of the First Great Awakening. In 1736, Edwards wrote one of his many important works, an account of the conversions in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this treatise, Edwards recounts the, as he puts it, “degenerate time” in New England, and the many conversions to Christianity during his ministry.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Faithful Narrative of the Surprizing Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton, and the Neighbouring Towns and Villages of New Hampshire in New-England
• Author(s): Jonathan Edwards
• Publisher: London, John Oswald
• Edition: First edition, 1737.
• Binding: Full leather
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Size:  6.75 in x 4.25 in (17 cm x 11 cm)
• Collation: xvi, 132 pp.
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Religious conversions in Northampton
  • Accounts from neighboring New England towns
  • Discussion of spiritual decline in colonial society
  • Puritan revivalism and evangelical reform
  • Foundational material connected to the First Great Awakening

Condition:

Near Fine. Full leather binding remains tight and secure with professional modern leather restoration. Corners show no wear or rubbing. Pages remain clean with light age toning throughout.

Why Collect This?

• First edition of a major Great Awakening text
• Foundational American evangelical work
• Early colonial New England religious history

Item Number: #50466