The Believer's Pocket Companion:
or, Putting on Christ the One Thing Needful
Mason, William
Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1853.
Hardcover, no dust jacket, 136 pages. 24mo: 5 3/4'' x 4''
Fair+ to good- condition: Marbled paper on boards with cloth spine. Boards are
well worn, as is the spine. Corners of board have significant rubbing. Internal
hinges are cracked and binding is shaken. Lettering on spine is fading. Spine
has tape to hold book together. Previous owner's name on front paste down
endpaper. Endpapers have some doodling and writing. Pages have age toning and
foxing.
William Mason (1719–1791) was a Christian Calvinist and devotional writer from
England known for The Believer’s Companion and his notes appended to Pilgrim’s
Progress. He was originally a follower of John Wesley, but abandoned Wesleyan
Arminianism in favour of the Calvinist teachings of George Whitefield. He
defined himself as a "Church of England Methodist". As a theological
writer, he focused on doctrinal issues, including justification by faith,
predestination and the afterlife.
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