THE SINCERE CHRISTIAN'S DEVOUT COMPANION, or, How to Live One Day to God. Set forth in a large Collection of Spiritual Songs and Ejaculations; proper to be had in all Christian Families
no place listed: No publisher listed, 1796. First (presumed) edition. Paperback. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Very good+ condition. Item #005264
8 pages of text. Disbound from larger volume. The word "Christian's" in the title is misspelled "Chistian's." Title page is illustrated with two woodcuts. Paper is slightly foxed, with minor browning to fore-edge of final leaf. Gives four or eight lines of advice "When you first awake," When arising from your Bed," Putting on your Cloaths," Leaving the Room," "Washing yourself," "At Breakfast," Going to School, or Labour," " At Labour," "Returning from Labour at Noon," "Before Dinner," "After Dinner," "Returning to Labour," "At Labour," "Returning from Work," "Having got home," "In the evening," "Before Supper," "At Supper," "Entering your Bed-Chamber," "Undressing," "Lying down in Bed," and "Waking in the Night." The final page is a hymn of 24 lines the first two of which are "Awake my Soul, awake and cry, To God that reigns on high..." An uncommon chapbook; religious devotional tract; ephemeral item; possibly Scottish.
Price: $150.00