Essex doue, presenting the vvorld vvith a fevv of her oliue branches: or, A taste of the workes of that reuerend, faithfull, iudicious, learned, and holy minister of the Word, Mr. Iohn Smith, late preacher of the Word at Clauering in Essex. : Deliuered in three seuerall treatises, viz. 1 His grounds of religion. 2 An exposition on the Lords Prayer. 3 A treatise of repentance.

London : Printed by A[dam] I[slip and George Purslowe] for George Edwardes, and are to be sold at his house in the Old Baily, in Greene Arbor, at the signe of the Angell, 1629.

[20], 146; [2], 142; [8], 198, [2] p. ; (4to)

Editor's dedication signed: I. Hart.

"Purslowe pr[inted]. the prelims, and the 2nd part; Islip did the rest"--STC.

The words "1 His grounds of religion. .. repentance." are enclosed in brackets on the title page.

"The substance and pith of prayer .. Printed by G.P. .." and "The poore penitent" each have separate dated title page and pagination; "The substance and pith of prayer" has separate register.

Signatures: A⁴ [par.]⁶ B-K⁸ L², A⁸ 2B-2I⁸, 3A⁴ 3B-3N⁸ 3O⁴.

Includes index.

Last leaf is blank.

"The substance and pith of prayer" identified as STC 22804 on UMI microfilm reel 1117.

Stationers' register: Entered 15 June [1629].

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Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 22798
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S117569

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 22798

HH192/41. Limp vellum binding with traces of ties, bookseller's label of Ebenezer Palmer ... London. Stained. Provenance: inscribed on t.p.: Thos. Jones; Charles Clark (with his typeset "A pleader to the reader") - Harmsworth copy