Upon this moment depends eternity: or; Mr. John Dunton's serious thoughts upon the present and future state, in a fit of sickness that was judg'd mortal, in which many new opinions are started and prov'd; and in particular this, that the sincere practice of known duties, or dying daily to this life and world, would of it self resolve the most ignorant person in all the abstruse points of the Christian religion-being, a new directory for holy living and dying; compos'd of the author's own experience in religion, politicks, and morals, from his childhood to his sixty third year, (but more especially during his dangerous disease in Ireland, in the year ninety eight, when his life was despair'd of)-and compleated in twenty essays upon such nice and curious points in divinity, as were never handled before-to which is added, The sick-man's passing-bell. To remind all men of that death and eternity to which they are hastening ... (4.) The real period of Dunton's life: or, A philosophical essay upon the nature of that grand climacterick year sixty three, in which (as few persons out-live that fatal time) he expects to be actually buried with that best of wives Mrs. Elizabeth Annesley (alias Dunton) with their reasons for sleeping together in the same grave 'till the General Resurrection, as contained in two letters that pass'd between Mr. Dunton and his wife, a few days before she dyed. The whole directory and passing-bell, submitted to the impartial censure of the Right Reverend Father in God William Lord Bishop of Ely. By Mr. John Dunton, a member of the Athenian Society, and author of the essay intitled-The hazard of a death-bed repentance.
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Dunton, John. Upon this moment depends eternity: or; Mr. John Dunton's serious thoughts upon the present and future state, in a fit of sickness that was judg'd mortal, in which many new opinions are started and prov'd; and in particular this, that the sincere practice of known duties, or dying daily to this life and world, would of it self resolve the most ignorant person in all the abstruse points of the Christian religion-being, a new directory for holy living and dying; compos'd of the author's own experience in religion, politicks, and morals, from his childhood to his sixty third year, (but more especially during his dangerous disease in Ireland, in the year ninety eight, when his life was despair'd of)-and compleated in twenty essays upon such nice and curious points in divinity, as were never handled before-to which is added, The sick-man's passing-bell. To remind all men of that death and eternity to which they are hastening ... (4.) The real period of Dunton's life: or, A philosophical essay upon the nature of that grand climacterick year sixty three, in which (as few persons out-live that fatal time) he expects to be actually buried with that best of wives Mrs. Elizabeth Annesley (alias Dunton) with their reasons for sleeping together in the same grave 'till the General Resurrection, as contained in two letters that pass'd between Mr. Dunton and his wife, a few days before she dyed. The whole directory and passing-bell, submitted to the impartial censure of the Right Reverend Father in God William Lord Bishop of Ely. By Mr. John Dunton, a member of the Athenian Society, and author of the essay intitled-The hazard of a death-bed repentance.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 23821, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/23821. Accessed 2025-11-07.
Dunton, John. Upon this moment depends eternity: or; Mr. John Dunton's serious thoughts upon the present and future state, in a fit of sickness that was judg'd mortal, in which many new opinions are started and prov'd; and in particular this, that the sincere practice of known duties, or dying daily to this life and world, would of it self resolve the most ignorant person in all the abstruse points of the Christian religion-being, a new directory for holy living and dying; compos'd of the author's own experience in religion, politicks, and morals, from his childhood to his sixty third year, (but more especially during his dangerous disease in Ireland, in the year ninety eight, when his life was despair'd of)-and compleated in twenty essays upon such nice and curious points in divinity, as were never handled before-to which is added, The sick-man's passing-bell. To remind all men of that death and eternity to which they are hastening ... (4.) The real period of Dunton's life: or, A philosophical essay upon the nature of that grand climacterick year sixty three, in which (as few persons out-live that fatal time) he expects to be actually buried with that best of wives Mrs. Elizabeth Annesley (alias Dunton) with their reasons for sleeping together in the same grave 'till the General Resurrection, as contained in two letters that pass'd between Mr. Dunton and his wife, a few days before she dyed. The whole directory and passing-bell, submitted to the impartial censure of the Right Reverend Father in God William Lord Bishop of Ely. By Mr. John Dunton, a member of the Athenian Society, and author of the essay intitled-The hazard of a death-bed repentance. London: Sarah Popping [also Poping], 1723.
Dunton , J. (1723). Upon this moment depends eternity: or; mr. john dunton's serious thoughts upon the present and future state, in a fit of sickness that was judg'd mortal, in which many new opinions are started and prov'd; and in particular this, that the sincere practice of known duties, or dying daily to this life and world, would of it self resolve the most ignorant person in all the abstruse points of the christian religion-being, a new directory for holy living and dying; compos'd of the author's own experience in religion, politicks, and morals, from his childhood to his sixty third year, (but more especially during his dangerous disease in ireland, in the year ninety eight, when his life was despair'd of)-and compleated in twenty essays upon such nice and curious points in divinity, as were never handled before-to which is added, the sick-man's passing-bell. to remind all men of that death and eternity to which they are hastening ... (4.) the real period of dunton's life: or, a philosophical essay upon the nature of that grand climacterick year sixty three, in which (as few persons out-live that fatal time) he expects to be actually buried with that best of wives mrs. elizabeth annesley (alias dunton) with their reasons for sleeping together in the same grave 'till the general resurrection, as contained in two letters that pass'd between mr. dunton and his wife, a few days before she dyed. the whole directory and passing-bell, submitted to the impartial censure of the right reverend father in god william lord bishop of ely. by mr. john dunton, a member of the athenian society, and author of the essay intitled-the hazard of a death-bed repentance. London: Sarah Popping [also Poping]
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