Sacred histories, selected from the Old Testament, and explained according to their internal or spiritual meaning. 1. The introduction. 2. The history of Creation. 3. The history of Paradise. 4. Paradise lost. 5. Cain and Abel. 6. The flood. Also, four parables of Jesus Christ, explained in the same way, by question and answer. By the Rev. J. Clowes, M.A. Rector of St. John's Manchester. To which is added, the faith of the New Church.

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Title Sacred histories, selected from the Old Testament, and explained according to their internal or spiritual meaning. 1. The introduction. 2. The history of Creation. 3. The history of Paradise. 4. Paradise lost. 5. Cain and Abel. 6. The flood. Also, four parables of Jesus Christ, explained in the same way, by question and answer. By the Rev. J. Clowes, M.A. Rector of St. John's Manchester. To which is added, the faith of the New Church.
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Signed Author By the Rev. J. Clowes, M.A. Rector of St. John's Manchester.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 180
Date of Publication 1818
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1818
Imprint Printed for William Schlatter. Lydia R. Bailey, printer.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 16
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Notes From AAS: Frontispiece portrait of Emanuel Swedenborg signed: J. Andrews: Carter, Andrews & Co. sc.
"Chief articles of faith, of the New Church."--p. [169]-173.
"A daily prayer for the use of a family, being a paraphrase on the Lord's prayer."--p. [174]-176.
"Society for Printing and Publishing the Writings of the Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg."--p. [177]-180.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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American Antiquarian Society copy rebound in half binding with marbled boards.
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Clowes, John. Sacred histories, selected from the Old Testament, and explained according to their internal or spiritual meaning. 1. The introduction. 2. The history of Creation. 3. The history of Paradise. 4. Paradise lost. 5. Cain and Abel. 6. The flood. Also, four parables of Jesus Christ, explained in the same way, by question and answer. By the Rev. J. Clowes, M.A. Rector of St. John's Manchester. To which is added, the faith of the New Church.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21207, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21207. Accessed 2024-11-22. 

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