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A brief history of the Providence Church including details of the church's building and community confict.

A brief history of the Providence Church including details of the church's building and community confict.

A photograph of the Providence Church building.

A photograph of the Providence Church building.

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Summary: Choir book, edited by the Lutheran theologian Georg Major (Meier). The work opens with biblical canticles and Psalms of praise, followed by various hymns, prayers and litanies.

Summary: Choir book, edited by the Lutheran theologian Georg Major (Meier). The work opens with biblical canticles and Psalms of praise, followed by various hymns, prayers and litanies.

A catalog designed to accompany the "Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs" exhibition.

A catalog designed to accompany the "Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs" exhibition.

Summary: This is the only edition of a metered translation of the Psalms by Cotton Mather, who had intended it to replace the Bay Psalm Book, which he though was too constrained by being rhymed in addition to being metered. All Psalms are arranged to be sung in the common meter, while some could also be sung in the long meter with the inclusion of additional words printed in black letter and set in square brackets.

Summary: This is the only edition of a metered translation of the Psalms by Cotton Mather, who had intended it to replace the Bay Psalm Book, which he though was too constrained by being rhymed in addition to being metered. All Psalms are arranged to be sung in the common meter, while some could also be sung in the long meter with the inclusion of additional words printed in black letter and set in square brackets.

Summary: This is a later (1548) printing of H.E. Hessus' poetic paraphrases in Latin of the books of Psalms and Ecclesiastes.

Summary: This is a later (1548) printing of H.E. Hessus' poetic paraphrases in Latin of the books of Psalms and Ecclesiastes.

A map of the world with latitude and longitude markers as it was known during the Ptolemaic period, including mountain ranges and rivers and spanning from Europe, to central Africa, and over to India. Personifications of the winds are depicted within the clouds surrounding the map.

A map of the world with latitude and longitude markers as it was known during the Ptolemaic period, including mountain ranges and rivers and spanning from Europe, to central Africa, and over to India. Personifications of the winds are depicted within the clouds surrounding the map.

A woodcut depicting the public expulsion of penitents from the community of the church on Ash Wednesday. The penitents, wearing hair shirts and carrying candles, are led out of the church by a bishop and his retinue. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs supporting fruit trees. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.

A woodcut depicting the public expulsion of penitents from the community of the church on Ash Wednesday. The penitents, wearing hair shirts and carrying candles, are led out of the church by a bishop and his retinue. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs supporting fruit trees. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.

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An engraved headpiece to the sixth, twelfth, and eighteenth books of Moyne's epic, "Saint Louys," depicting interwoven initials (SL) within a glowing crown of thorns, flanked by four cherubs, with a banner below featuring the Latin motto, "qua radiat pupugit" (that which shines, prunctured).

An engraved headpiece to the sixth, twelfth, and eighteenth books of Moyne's epic, "Saint Louys," depicting interwoven initials (SL) within a glowing crown of thorns, flanked by four cherubs, with a banner below featuring the Latin motto, "qua radiat pupugit" (that which shines, prunctured).

Summary: Collection of documents issued by theologians in the Duchy of Württemberg and Victorinus Strigel concerning Strigel's Psalms commentary and his position in the synergistic controversy. Strigel supported the Philippist position that human will contributes to salvation, an idea that was rejected by the gnesio-Lutherans and by most of the theologians in Württemberg.

Summary: Collection of documents issued by theologians in the Duchy of Württemberg and Victorinus Strigel concerning Strigel's Psalms commentary and his position in the synergistic controversy. Strigel supported the Philippist position that human will contributes to salvation, an idea that was rejected by the gnesio-Lutherans and by most of the theologians in Württemberg.

Collection of Quarterly Conference reports for the Tubize and Shannon Charge in the Rome district of the North Georgia Conference. Reports include details of church management, finances, membership, and the church school.

Collection of Quarterly Conference reports for the Tubize and Shannon Charge in the Rome district of the North Georgia Conference. Reports include details of church management, finances, membership, and the church school.

Collection of Quarterly Conference reports for the Tubize and Shannon Charge in the Rome district of the North Georgia Conference. Reports include details of church management, finances, membership, and the church school.

Collection of Quarterly Conference reports for the Tubize and Shannon Charge in the Rome district of the North Georgia Conference. Reports include details of church management, finances, membership, and the church school.

An engraving depicting the burning of forty individuals accused of heresy by the Council of Orleans. The image depicts bound figures being lead to a massive bonfire.

An engraving depicting the burning of forty individuals accused of heresy by the Council of Orleans. The image depicts bound figures being lead to a massive bonfire.

Summary: A set of questions written by Bennet, here referred to as queries, posed to Count Niclaus Ludwig graf von Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravian Church.

Summary: A set of questions written by Bennet, here referred to as queries, posed to Count Niclaus Ludwig graf von Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravian Church.

Summary: First edition of this beautifully illustrated Jesuit emblem book. The work is dedicated to Leopold Archduke of Austria with a full-page dedicatory illustration and 162 numbered etched text emblems.

Summary: First edition of this beautifully illustrated Jesuit emblem book. The work is dedicated to Leopold Archduke of Austria with a full-page dedicatory illustration and 162 numbered etched text emblems.

Summary: S. Mazzolini was Master of the Sacred Palace (Vatican) in Rome, censor of books, and one of the first Catholic literary opponents of Luther. This is an early printing of the first work issued in opposition to Luther. Where the printing fits in bibliographically is still a matter of dispute. The work is in dialogue form and contains a refutation of Luther's 95 theses.

Summary: S. Mazzolini was Master of the Sacred Palace (Vatican) in Rome, censor of books, and one of the first Catholic literary opponents of Luther. This is an early printing of the first work issued in opposition to Luther. Where the printing fits in bibliographically is still a matter of dispute. The work is in dialogue form and contains a refutation of Luther's 95 theses.

A decorative woodcut accent featuring a rabbit or hare amongst flowers.

A decorative woodcut accent featuring a rabbit or hare amongst flowers.

The history includes photographs of the Tiger and Plum Orchard Bible Schools (1938-1939), Scott's Creek Church (1940), the Timpson Creek Christmas Program Group (1938), and the Wiley Congregation (undated).

The history includes photographs of the Tiger and Plum Orchard Bible Schools (1938-1939), Scott's Creek Church (1940), the Timpson Creek Christmas Program Group (1938), and the Wiley Congregation (undated).