A Cordial for a Fainting Soule, Part II: being the sum of two and twenty lecture-sermons more, preacht in the chappel belonging to Chappel-Field-House in the city of Norwich, wherein is discovered the power of faith in order to the conquest of carnal and slavish fears and disquietments and dejections of spirit, whether for causes external, internal, private, or publike, wherein several cases of conscience are resolved, relating to such fears and disquietments of spirit

Author: Collinges, John
Title: A Cordial for a Fainting Soule, Part II: being the sum of two and twenty lecture-sermons more, preacht in the chappel belonging to Chappel-Field-House in the city of Norwich, wherein is discovered the power of faith in order to the conquest of carnal and slavish fears and disquietments and dejections of spirit, whether for causes external, internal, private, or publike, wherein several cases of conscience are resolved, relating to such fears and disquietments of spirit
Publication: London: Richard Tomlins, 1650
Edition: First Printing

Description: Hardcover. Part II of 3 volumes of his sermons published between 1649 and 1652, each complete in itself. 7.25 x 5.75 inches, late 18th century calf, fair to good copy with some cloth reinforcement to spine, original leather spine laid down, some rubbing and wear to boards, contents fair to very good, not quite complete, lacking all but one leaf of the 13 pp. "table" at rear, but the text of the sermons complete. The one-page preface by John Downame facing the title page somewhat worn and has been relined; the title page has also been relined, showing some marginal loss. Much writing, too, from previous owners mainly from the late 17th century, doodles, handwriting practice, short notes and commentary, heaviest to the preliminary pages and long index preceding the sermons, but quite a few of the margins of the sermons have handwriting as well, mostly it seems from Samuel Hayward and his family -- some seem the scrawls of children, and other instances look like the work of adults. Pagination for the sermons jumps from 200 to 101 rather than 201 and the error is carried through to the end, but we've collated it and the book is complete but for the missing pages of the table at rear. John Collinges (1623-1690) was an English Presbyterian theologian, and prolific writer. He lived and worked in Norwich for more than forty years where he played a major role in reviving and administering the City Library. He was one of the representatives of the Presbyterians in the Savoy Conference, but was later forced to resign his livings. Frances Hobart became his patron and he became her personal chaplain. He delivered services in a chapel she created in her Norwich home. During the early 1680s, suspicion fell on the nonconformist sects in Norwich, and a report on the city in the State Papers refers to him as one of two leaders of the disaffected element in the city: "a D.D. and a man of some learning, which he employs in promoting Presbytery and, were he removed, 'tis probable many of that sect would fall off. They, the Anabaptists and the Quakers not only unite against the government, but are such good friends as to hold their meetings under one roof." In the aftermath of the Rye House Plot of 1683 Collinges was arrested on two occasions in 1685 as a nonjuring suspect, but no action was eventually taken. (Information from wikipedia). Good.

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