A Forme of Wholsome Words – John Stoughton – 1640 | English Puritan Sermons

A Forme of Wholsome Words by John Stoughton is a collection of sermons published in 1640. This book contains three distinct treatises: Wholesome Words as well as The Righteous Man’s Plea to True Happinesse, (ten separate sermons), and A Learned Treatise. These sermons represent the style of Puritan sermons common in the mid-17^th-century.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Forme of Wholsome Words; or, An Introduction to the Body of Divinity: In Three Sermons on 2 Timothy, 1.13. Preached by John Stoughton
• Author(s): John Stoughton
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: London: Printed by J. R[aworth] for J. Bellamy, H. Overton, A. Crook, J. Rothwell, R. Sergeir, I. Crook, D. Frere, and Ralph Smith
• Edition: 1640
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size: ~ 7.5 in x 5.75 in (19 cm x 14.5 cm)
• Collation: 95 pp; 135, 149 pp; 100 pp
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• Contents Include:
  • A Forme of Wholsome Words
  • The Righteous Man’s Plea to True Happinesse
  • A Learned Treatise
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): references

Condition:

Good. Leather binding is rubbed and worn along the hinges, corners, and edges. Text block remains secure. The general title page is heavily stained. All three works are present and legible.

Why Collect This?

• Printed in 1640, early for English-language sermons
• Three distinct Puritan works in one volume
• Example of pre-Civil War Protestant thought

Item Number: # 29297